The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GEORGE EARL PETERSON Appeal No. 2005-2760 Application 09/915,963 ON BRIEF Before THOMAS, KRASS, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-13, 15-19, 21, and 23-25. The invention pertains to antenna structures. In particular, the inventive antenna structure comprises a tapered 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007