The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MICHAEL W. GILPATRICK and CHARLES E. WILLBANKS __________ Appeal No. 2003-2168 Application No. 09/996,010 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WARREN, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 16 (final Office action mailed Dec. 4, 2002, paper 7) in the above-identified application.1 Claims 17 through 36, which are 1 In reply to the final Office action, the appellants submitted a 37 CFR § 1.116 (2003)(effective Feb. 5, 2001) amendment on Feb. 11, 2003, proposing a change to claim 1. The examiner indicated in an advisory action mailed on Mr. 3, 2003Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007