The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PODUTOORI R. REDDY, ROBERT A. MADSEN and JOHANNES H. SCHUURMAN ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2229 Application 08/491,663 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before PAK, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1-6 as amended after final rejection. Claims 7-12, which are all of the other claims in the application, have been indicated allowable by the examiner. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007