The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD J. YOULE, VEENA M. VASANDANI YON-NENG WU, ESTER BOIX, and WOJCIECH ARDELT __________ Appeal No. 2001-0733 Application No. 09/095,429 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 15-22. We note that this appeal is related to Appeal No. 02-0425, USSN 08/626,288, which is being decided concurrently with the instant appeal. Claim 15 is representative of the subject matter on the instant appeal, and reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007