The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte NKOLE E. TAYALI and ALAN R. SHIRET ____________ Appeal No. 2000-2230 Application No. 08/706,767 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB 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 15 to 34, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007