The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte ROBERT J. DEVINS and PAUL M. SCHANELY _____________ Appeal No. 2004-1558 Application No. 09/283,386 ______________ HEARD: February 22, 2005 _______________ Before KRASS, GROSS and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, and 13-25. Claims 4, 8, and 12 have been indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject matter and are not on appeal before us. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007