The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BISWA R. BANERJEE, S. CHRISTOPHER GLADWIN, ARIF MASKATIA and ALAN SOUCY ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0943 Application No. 08/300,500 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-13, all of the claims pending in the present application. An amendment after final rejection filed March 5, 1999, was entered by the Examiner. In the Examiner’s Answer, the Examiner indicated that claims 2, 3, and 5 were allowable. Accordingly, only the rejection of claims 1, 4,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007