The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte ROBERT A. YAPEL, APARNA V. BHAVE, TIMOTHY J. EDMAN, BERNARD A. SCHELLER, LAWRENCE B. WALLACE and JERRY L. WARREN _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0931 Application No. 09/037,625 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-13 and 15-25, all of the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A web coating apparatus for continuously coating a coating fluid over a splice on a moving web, comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007