THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARL L. BOWEN and KEITH Q. LAO _____________________ Appeal No. 2001-2503 Application No. 09/075,7671 _____________________ ON BRIEF ____________________ Before PAK, WALTZ and JEFFREY SMITH, 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 refusal to allow claims 1, 2, 4-10, 12-16 and 18-47, which are all the claims pending in this application. Claims 1, 9, 15, 23, 30 and 35 have been amended after the final Office action dated July 5, 2000. 1 Application for patent filed May 11, 1998. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007