The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALEXANDER SLOOT ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1917 Application No. 09/853,096 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 11. Claims 12 to 14, which are all of the other claims pending in this application, have been withdrawn from consideration. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007