The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT L. BILLMERS, BRUCE W. ASPLUND and DAVID F. HUANG __________ Appeal No. 2001-2486 Application 08/670,885 ___________ HEARD: November 7, 2002 ___________ Before LIEBERMAN, DELMENDO, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1-4, 6, 16 and 18. Claims 7-12, 17 and 21-25 are also pending in the application. These claims stand objected to as dependent upon a rejected base claim, but have been indicated as allowable over the prior art. See Appeal Brief, Paper No. 30, received October 2, 2000, page 2, paragraph 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007