The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte AMANULLAH KHAN and WARREN COON ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1810 Application No. 09/336,503 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, HAIRSTON, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-22. Claim 23 had been withdrawn as being directed to a non-elected invention. Subsequently, in the Reply Brief, the appellants withdrew the appeal of claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9, leaving before us on appeal claims 2, 5 and 10-22. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007