The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KURT E. SPEARS and RODNEY C. HARRIS _______________ Appeal No. 2006-2572 Application No. 10/437,569 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before RUGGIERO, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, 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, and 4-15, which are all of the claims pending in this application. The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 10-15 in the Answer at page 3. Therefore, the rejection of claims 1, 2, and 4-9 remain for our review. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007