The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROBERT T. RASMUSSEN and SURJIT S. CHADHA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0541 Application No. 08/599,4361 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 5, 7, 13, 15 through 18 and 22 through 26, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007