The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte M. ALLEN NORTHRUP __________ Appeal No. 2001-0103 Application 08/763,4651 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, GARRIS, 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 1-38, all of the claims of this pending application. CLAIMS Claims 1, 26, and 27 are representative of the claims on appeal, and read as follow: 1 This appeal is related to appeal no. 2001-0062 of application 08/774,170.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007