The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT K. LOWRY _____________ Appeal No. 2005-2489 Application No. 09/949,736 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before MCQUADE, PAK and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 19 through 38 and 40 through 44. Claim 39, the only other claim pending in the present application, was indicated to be allowable “if rewritten independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007