The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID T. BERQUIST, PETER M. EISENBERG, MITCHELL B. GRUNES, MARTIN A. KENNER, JOHN M. KRUSE, TIMOTHY A. MERTENS and CINDY L. MUNSON __________ Appeal No. 1999-2723 Application 08/674,082 ___________ HEARD: January 9, 2002 ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-50, 101, 107-123, 140 and 145-215. Pending claims 51-76, 98-100 and 102-106 stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non- elected invention. Claim 130 has been indicated to contain 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007