The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MOHAMED E. LABIB _______________ Appeal No. 2000-1006 Application No. 08/974,148 _______________ HEARD: March 20, 2002 _______________ Before GARRIS, KRATZ, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge. This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-8 and 10-12, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Claim 9 was cancelled in an amendment received October 12, 1998, Paper No. 16. Claims 1, 4, 6 and 10 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and are reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007