The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RONALD J. CHAPMAN, ARIEL B. CHRISTENSEN, CARL E. JONES and SUSHAMA M. PARANJAPE ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0011 Application No. 08/428,812 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 to 14, which constitute all1 the pending claims in the application. 1An amendment after final rejection was filed as paper number 25, and its entry was approved by the Examiner, see paper number 26.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007