The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK LADLOW and ADRIAN WALTER MITCHELL __________ Appeal No. 2004-2052 Application 09/509,147 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 20, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claim 2 has been canceled (see Paper No. 13, filed October 28, 2002). As noted on pages 1 and 2 of the specification, appellants’ invention provides an adapter which permits the use of an 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007