The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TODD K. JONES, MARK E. GOLDMAN, CHARLOTTE L. F. POOLEY, DAVID T. WINN, JAMES P. EDWARDS, SARAH J. WEST, CHRISTOPHER M. TEGLEY, LIN ZHI, LAWRENCE G. HAMANN, LUC J. FARMER, and ROBERT L. DAVIS __________ Appeal No. 2001-1290 Application No. 08/980,032 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, 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 16 and 18-28, all of the claims remaining. Claim 16 is representative and is reproduced as an appendix to this opinion.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007