The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PAUL MATTHEWS PICKETT, JR. and DANIEL SHELTON __________ Appeal No. 2004-0917 Application No. 09/684,210 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 4 through 10, and 12 through 17 in the above-identified application. Claims 3 and 11, which are the only other pending claims, have been objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim but have been indicated as allowable if rewritten inPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007