The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BARBARA A. CHAPPELL, TERRY I. CHAPPELL, SANG H. DHONG, and MARK S. MILSHTEIN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2982 Application No. 08/582,716 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before KRASS, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, 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 1-7, 10, and 11, which are all the claims remaining in the application. We reverse. 1Appellants waived an oral hearing; see facsimile communication filed February 1, 2001 (Paper No. 17).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007