The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PETER MATIC, RICHARD K. EVERETT, VIRGINIA G. DEGIORGI, and ANDREW B. GELTMACHER _____________ Appeal No. 1999-2393 Application 08/845,848 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before BARRETT, LALL, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, 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 to 9. Claims 101 Two amendments after the final rejection were filed as Paper No. 10 and 13 and both have1 been approved for entry by the examiner. See Paper Nos. 11 and 14 respectively. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007