The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte ROBERT RICHARD DYKSTRA and LON MONTGOMERY GRAY Appeal No. 2005-0467 Application No. 10/217,278 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8, 10-20 and 22-30. Claims 9 and 21, the other claims pending in the present application, have been allowed by the examiner. A copy of illustrative claim 1 is appended to this decision. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007