The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte MELISA J. BUIE, LEONID POSLAVSKY and JENNIFER LEWIS Appeal No. 2002-0453 Application No.08/686,229 ON BRIEF Before WARREN, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-8, 17 and 18. Claims 5, 17 and 18 were canceled after final rejection. Hence, the claims before us are claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-8.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007