The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS J. MACKEY ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0190 Application No. 09/479,531 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 14-17, 24 and 26-28. Claims 1-8 and 10-13 have been allowed, claims 9 and 18-23 have been canceled, and claim 25 has been indicated as containing allowable subject matter. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007