The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GERALD P. LABEDZ and KHALID A. HAMIED __________ Appeal No. 1999-0470 Application 08/639,136 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3, 6-20, 22 and 25- 32, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a method and 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007