The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ERHAN H. GUNDAY, MICHAEL DOLITON, PAUL FOUNG and JOHN R. LEE ____________ Appeal No. 2000-2208 Application No. 08/874,2871 ____________ ON BRIEF2 ____________ Before THOMAS, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 35-37, 42 and 44, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed June 13, 1997, which is a continuation of Application No. 08/465,446, filed June 5, 1995, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Application No. 08/066,969, filed May 24, 1993, now U.S. Patent 5,469,209, which is a divisional of Application No. 07/731,079, filed July 16, 1991, now U.S. Patent 5,249,056. 2 The oral Hearing set for May 7, 2002 was waived by Appellants in a communication, received by facsimile, on March 21, 2002.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007