The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JEFFREY A. WHITED ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0209 Application No. 09/120,778 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 24, 25 and 27. Claims 1-5, 13-17 and 28-30 have been allowed, and claims 6-12, 18-23 and 26 have been withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007