The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN C. BYRNE, STEVEN R. KOMPLIN and ASHOK MURTHY ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2159 Application No. 08/539,892 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, COHEN, 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 to 4, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007