The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 INTERFERENCE Ex parte ROD D. LAWING and JOAN E. MCKINLEY ___________ Appeal No. 2006-0998 Application No. 10/076,7291 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed February 15, 2002, which according to Appellants, is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/177,086, filed October 22, 1998, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007