The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ANILKUMAR BHATT et al. ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0323 Application No. 09/159,360 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Upon consideration of appellants' brief (Paper No. 11, filed April 21, 2000), the examiner's answer (Paper No. 12, mailed July 13, 2000), and appellants' reply brief (Paper No. 13, filed September 1, 2000), the examiner's rejection of claims 2 to 11 and 13 to 24, the only claims pending in this reissue application, under 35 U.S.C. § 251 is REVERSED.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007