The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JEFFREY BLAINE YEAROUS and PHILIPPE BESNARD __________ Appeal No. 2001-0557 Application 09/376,548 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS , and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-12, 14- 18 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007