The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM C. KURTZ ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0191 Application No. 09/072,241 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 18, 19 and 21-27. Claims 6, 7 and 11 have been withdrawn from consideration as being drawn to a non-elected invention, claims 28-32 have been allowed, and the remaining claims have been canceled. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007