The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte THOMAS E. LEWIS and SUSAN J. LANPHEAR _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1164 Application No. 08/715,559 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, JEFFERY SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20. The only other claims remaining in the application, which are claims 21-36 have been withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of imaging a lithographic printing member comprising (a) imagining a member by exposure to laser-generated 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007