The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL J. MAY ___________ Appeal No. 2006-1776 Application No. 10/075,976 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CRAWFORD, LEVY, 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 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23 and 24. Claim 4 has been cancelled and claims 9 through 22 and 25 have been withdrawn from consideration after a restriction requirement, although they have not been cancelled. We REVERSE and MAKE A NEW GROUND OF REJECTION UNDER 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007