THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DONALD MACLEOD, LONG VAN NGUYEN, ALIREZA RAHIMI, and ROBERT NOTTINGHAM _____________ Appeal No. 98-0816 Application 08/286,287 ______________ HEARD: April 20, 2000 _______________ Before FLEMING, DIXON, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 21, 23, 25 to 30, and 33 to 37, which constitute all of the pending claims in the application before us on 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007