The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROY MCGEE and FRANCINA MCGEE ______________ Appeal No. 2005-0308 Application 09/934,349 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WARREN, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 6, all of the claims in the application. Claim 1, as it stands on appeal,1 illustrates appellants’ invention of a heated coffee mug, and is representative of the claims on appeal: 1. A heated coffee mug comprising: a cup with a handle extending laterally outward from a perimeter sidewall and forming an upper opening orifice; a lid for affixing to said cup to enclose said upper opening orifice; 1 We observe that appealed claim 1 as it stands of record in the amendment of August 18, 2003 (Paper No. 13, page 2) has a period, “.”, before the semicolon following the word “handle” in the third clause of the claim - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007