The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 NEAL G. SKINNER __________ Appeal No. 2005-2418 Application 09/932,639 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board since the examiner has twice rejected the pending claims 11 through 13, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 30, 39, 40 and 44 through 61 within 35 U.S.C. § 134. The examiner’s last Office action rejecting the claims on appeal was a non-final Office action mailed on November 17, 2003. The claims on appeal are claims 19, 20, 25, 30, 39, 40, 44, 45, 47 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007