The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte EDWIN J. LAU, RANDALL G. MENNA, PRASHANT NAVARE, TUNG NGUYEN and JAMES SALOIS Appeal No. 2002-0807 Application No. 08/672,588 Heard: MARCH 11, 2003 Before RUGGIERO, DIXON and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-7, 9-18, 22-24, and 26-32, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1, 8, 19-21, and 25 have been canceled. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007