The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GERALD D. ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. MATTICE, JOHN M. KHOURY, THOMAS M. DROUILLARD, KERMIT G. ROWE, III, DAVID I. FRETWELL and ALISTAIR B. LOVATT ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1021 Application No. 09/707,450 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, MCQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Gerald D. Anderson et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 20) of claims 3, 4, 13, 14 and 20 through 26. Claims 5 through 11 and 15 through 19, the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007