The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARTIN ANDREW SCHLOSSER, MARK JAMES BELL, MATTHEW GLEN WHEELER, DANIEL PATRICK MCNULTY and LELAND CHARLES LEBER _____________ Appeal No. 2006-1166 Application No. 09/994,257 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FRANKFORT, OWENS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1, 16, 32, 33, 50 and 51. Claims 2, 11, 20-22, 28 and 29 have been canceled. Claims 3-10, 12-15, 17-19, 23-27, 30 and 31 stand objected to as dependent upon a rejected claim but allowable if rewritten in independent form. Claims 34-49 stand withdrawn from consideration. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007