The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ALAN N. MOE, BRUCE J. CARLSON, SCOTT M. ADAMS and RONALD VACCARO ________________ Appeal No. 2004-0031 Application 09/485,656 ________________ HEARD: APRIL 14, 2004 ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 2-8, 10, 19-22, 24 and 26-28. Claims 9 and 23 have been indicated to contain allowable subject matter by the examiner. Claims 1, 11-18, 25 and 29-34 have been cancelled. An amendment after final rejection was filed on December 5, 2002 and was entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007