The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ___________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ___________ Ex parte CHARLES KORMANIK JR. ___________ Appeal No. 2006-1451 Application No. 08/802,472 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, BAHR and FETTING, Administrative Patent Judges. FETTING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 5, 81 to 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28 to 31, 49, 51, 53, 55 and 57. Claims 19, 21, 27, 50, 52, 54, 56 and 58 are objected to and claims 24 to 26 are allowed. These are all of the claims pending in the application. We affirm-in-part and make new rejections under 37 CFR § 41.50 (b). 1 Although the examiner’s final rejection, mailed Dec. 2, 2003, indicated that claims 5, 9 to 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28 to 31, 49, 51, 53, 55 and 57 were those rejected on the cover form, claim 8 was also rejected on p. 3 of the final rejection. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007