The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DARYOUSH ALLAEI __________ Appeal No. 2002-0283 Application 09/328,918 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 12, 17, 20 through 24 and 29 through 38. Method claims 39 and 40, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been withdrawn from further consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. Claims 1 through 11, 13 through 16, 18, 19 and 25 through 28 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007