The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte Shadi L. Malhotra _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0699 Application 09/401,740 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WARREN, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal1 under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 22, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. 1 This appeal is related to Appeal No. 2002-0728, Application No. 09/404,570. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007