The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN G. POSA Appeal No. 2004-0146 Application 09/851,911 HEARD: March 4, 2004 Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 11 through 16. Claims 7 through 10, the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. Claims 2, 5 and 6 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007