The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ANANDA HOSAKERE KUMAR, BARRY JAY THALER and ASHOK NARAYAN PRABHU ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1660 Application No. 09/146,478 ____________ BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 12, 16 through 23 and 29 through 33. Claims 27 and 28, the remaining claims in the above-identified application, have been indicated to be allowable. See the Advisory Action dated July 12, 2000, Paper No. 9.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007