The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARC FELDMANN, RAVINDER N. MAINI and RICHARD O. WILLIAMS ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0253 Application No. 09/093,450 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ELLIS, 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 15 through 17. Claims 18-30 have been withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.142(b). Claims 1-14 and 31-45 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007