The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOHN A. BENDA and ARISTOTLE PARASCO __________ Appeal No. 2005-0783 Application 10/039,094 __________ BRIEF __________ Before CAROFF, KIMLIN, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-10 and 21-30. Subsequent to the final rejection, the examiner withdrew his rejection as to claims 21-22 in an advisory action mailed April 13, 2004.1 Accordingly, the 1 Claims 21-22 were rejected solely under 35 U.S.C. § 112, (continued...) 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007