The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte STEVE COOPER ________________ Appeal No. 1999-0294 Application No. 08/727,256 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KRASS, LALL, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-23, all of the pending claims. The invention is directed to testing the detection and 1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007