The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte COLIN ROY, T. MICHAEL SHORE and MELICHER PUCHOVSKY ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1274 Application No. 08/977,286 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 4 and 6. Claim 5, the only other claim in the application, has been indicated as being allowable if rewritten in independent form.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007