The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHRISTOPHER J. DUTTON, STEPHEN P. GIBSON and SHIH-JEN E. LEE __________ Appeal No. 1999-0676 Application No. 08/465,625 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, 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 through 5, 8, and 10 through 12, all of the claims remaining in this applicationPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007