The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SU-SYIN WU AND CHARLES HOWLETT __________ Appeal No. 2000-0315 Application 08/671,983 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before LIEBERMAN, TIMM, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection of claims 1 - 18, all of the claims pending in this application. CLAIMS Claims 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and read as follow: 1. A sterilization container for sterilizing instruments comprising: an enclosing wall; a base portion of said wall; a plurality of drainage apertures through the base portion;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007