The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID S. UTTERBERG ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1995 Application No. 08/850,277 ____________ HEARD: April 11, 2001 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and COHEN and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL David S. Utterberg appeals from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8, 10 through 12 and 14 through 19, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to a hemodialysis pump set having branch line connectors designed to facilitate automatedPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007