The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOO H. SONG, CHRISTAFOR E. SUNDSTROM, DAVID W. RECORD, DONALD J. TOWNSEND, KEVIN B. BRODERICK, and PHILIP G. SCHNELL __________ Appeal No. 1998-0419 Application No. 08/526,534 ___________ ON BRIEF1 ___________ Before WARREN, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 20, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. We affirm in part. 1 A hearing was originally scheduled for 1:00 PM, October 23, 2001, but the appellants ultimately waived the hearing on October 22, 2001. (Papers 20-22.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007