The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CHRISTOPHER J. KARGULA, MARK A. BOGUCKI, STEVEN T. SLUNICK, WILLIAM E. STEVENS, LAKSHMANA S. NARAHARISETTI and DENNIS G. KINDER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0655 Application No. 08/522,017 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11, 13-15, 17, 19, 20, 22 and 23. At that point, claim 16 had been indicated as containing allowable subject matter, and the other claims had been canceled. In the Answer, the examiner indicated that claims 17,19, 20, 22 and 23 are allowable. This leaves claims 11 and 13-15 before us on appeal. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007