The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RON ABRAMOV, YOAV BEN DROR, AMIR GAASH, DAVID LESHEM, YEHUDA NIV, and BENNY POUPKO Appeal No. 2001-0843 Application No. 08/945,415 __________ HEARD: AUGUST 14, 2002 __________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-24. An amendment filed May 1, 2000 after final rejection, which canceled claims 8-13 and 19-24, was approved for entry by the Examiner. Accordingly, only the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-7 and 14-18 is before us on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007