Ex Parte Lawing et al - Page 1



            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.                                            
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