The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RODNEY G. POWERS and ROBERT M. LANGLEY __________ Appeal No. 2004-0618 Application 10/021,790 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Rodney G. Powers et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 6 through 10, all of the claims pending in the application. As the examiner has since withdrawn all rejections of claims 7 and 10, which now stand objected to as depending from a rejected base claim, the appeal as to these claims is hereby dismissed, leaving for review the standing rejections of claims 6, 8 and 9.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007