The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EDWARD SEAN HOSKINS and FRANCIS T. SEUBERLING __________ Appeal No. 2004-0292 Application 09/726,369 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 and 16, the examiner having indicated the allowability of claims 8 through 15 and an objection to claims 3 and 5 through 7. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007