The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM T. SAUNDERS et al. ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0874 Application No. 08/695,554 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 26 to 30, added subsequent to the final rejection. These claims constitute all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. 1On January 31, 2001, the appellants waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 22) scheduled for March 8, 2001.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007