Ex Parte VARONA et al - Page 1




                      The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and
                                          is not binding precedent of the Board.                              

                                                                                       Paper No. 29           
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                                 ____________                                                 
                      Ex parte EUGENIO GO VARONA, MONICA LYNN BONTRAGER,                                      
                            JAIME BRAVERMAN, KUO-SHU EDWARD CHANG,                                            
                            MICHAEL ALLEN DALEY, KAREN LYNN ENGLISH,                                          
                     ARTHUR EDWARD GARAVAGLIA, HRISTO ANGELOV HRISTOV,                                        
                           NANCY DONALDSON KOLLIN, TAMARA LEE MACE,                                           
                               DAVID MICHAEL MATELA, SHARON RYMER,                                            
                           REGINALD SMITH, ROLAND COLUMBUS SMITH, JR.                                         
                                        and MICHAEL DONALD SPERL                                              
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No. 2003-1876                                             
                                           Application No. 09/209,044                                         
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 
            Before PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.                       
            JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   Appellants appeal the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-7 and 9-32, all of the        
            pending claims in the application.1  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.                  


                   1  In rendering our decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments presented in the Brief,
            filed June 12, 2002 and the Reply Brief, filed October 24, 2002.                                  






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