The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 53 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HARRIET L. ROBINSON, ELLEN F. FYNAN, ROBERT G. WEBSTER, and SHAN LU __________ Appeal No. 2001-2316 Application No. 08/187,879 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 44-46, 50, 51 and 81-89. The examiner indicated that the only other claims pending in this application, claims 62-64, 68- 70, 74, and 78-80, were allowable. Answer, page 2. 1 Appellants waived their request for oral hearing. Paper No. 52. Accordingly, we considered this appeal on Brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007