The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GEORGE PARADISSIS, R. SAUL LEVINSON, MITCHELL I. KIRSCHNER and MARC S. HERMELIN __________ Appeal No. 2001-1909 Application No. 09/016,786 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, LORIN, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges. LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge. This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 50-61, all the claims pending in the application.1 1 Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b), we review the adverse decision of the examiner. In doing so, we have considered the record, including: · Final Rejection (paper no. 6); · Brief (paper no. 10); · Examiner's Answer (paper no. 11); and, · Reply Brief (paper no. 12).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007