The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JOHN O’BRIEN, DANNY LEWIS,
RAYMOND BUSHNELL and CHARLES OLSON
Appeal No. 2004-0459
Application No. 09/652,997
ON BRIEF
Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-6
and 14-20. Claims 7 and 8, which are all of the other claims
pending in the application, have been allowed.1
1 The examiner (office action mailed September 11, 2002,
paper no. 5, page 3) and the appellants (amendment after final
rejection filed January 21, 2003, paper no. 7, page 2) agree that
claim 9 should be canceled. In the event of further prosecution,
this claim should be clerically canceled.
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