The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte VIKTORS BERSTIS ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0604 Application No. 09/240,926 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 3, 6, 8-14, 17-23, 26-28 and 32-37. Claims 29-31 have been indicated as containing patentable subject matter and allowable if recast in independent form, and claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 15, 16, 24 and 25 have been canceled. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007