The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte ROBERT W. RATTE, DOUGLAS P. FERRON, THOMAS P. DONOHOE and GEOFFREY S. RATTE Appeal No. 2004-0825 Application 09/954,786 ON BRIEF Before GARRIS, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 20 and 21, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007