The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LUIZ R. DUARTE and ROGER J. TALISH ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0910 Application No. 09/229,855 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3-8 and 11-17. Claims 2, 9 and 10, the only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected species. BACKGROUND The appellants’ invention relates to the non-invasive application of ultrasonic energy to enhance or accelerate wound healing, such as ulcers (specification, page 1).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007