The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte H. ADDISON SOVINE ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0100 Application No. 09/650,843 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-25. A copy of each of these claims is set forth in the attached appendix. The examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of unpatentability: Duer 4,787,289 Nov. 29, 1988 Fumero WO 94/27111 Nov. 24, 1994Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007