The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DAVID R. FERGUSON, AN N. HONG, DANI SULEMAN and GREGORY L. WHITTEMORE _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0799 Application No. 08/947,435 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-28, 30-46 and 51. Claims 47-50 and 53-83 have been indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject matter. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007