The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 52 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PAUL P. KOLADA, TERRY M. BIRCHLER, MICHAEL J. PAINTER, and STEPHEN D. OPIE ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0321 Application No. 08/834,578 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-9, 13, 15 and 16, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFRPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007