The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MICHAEL L. VAZQUEZ, RICHARD A. MUELLER, JOHN J. TALLEY, DANIEL P. GETMAN, GARY A. DECRESCENZO and ERIC T. SUN __________ Appeal No. 1998-2010 Application No. 08/542,861 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 5, 7-11, 17-25, 27-30 and 32 to 37, which are the subject of this appeal. Claim 38 is also pending and has been indicated by the examiner to contain allowable subject matter. We affirm. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007