The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 44 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RALPH R. WEICHSELBAUM, DENNIS E. HALLAHAN, VIKAS P. SUKHATME, and DONALD W. KUFE __________ Appeal No. 1999-1458 Application No. 07/943,812 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3-21, 36, 38-41, 48-50 and 52-59, which are all the claims pending in the application. 1 Pursuant to appellants request (Paper No. 39, received September 18, 1998) an oral hearing for this appeal was scheduled for Tuesday, October 9, 2001. Appellants, however, waived (Paper No. 43, received October 2, 2001) their request for oral hearing. Accordingly, we considered this appeal on Brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007