The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SCOTT D. SLOMIANY, LAWRENCE E. DEMAR and DUNCAN F. BROWN _____________ Appeal No. 2006-1772 Application No. 09/993,359 Technology Center 3700 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CRAWFORD, NAPPI and FETTING Administrative Patent Judges. NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134(a) of the final rejection of claims 109 through 115, claims 1 through 108 and 116 have been canceled. For the reasons stated infra we affirm-in part the examiner’s rejection of these claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007