The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS, JOSEPH, CHING-LANG CHIANG, NEERAJ KHURANA, PRASAD SABBINENI and DANIEL T. HURLEY ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0508 Application No. 09/449,023 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, LIEBERMAN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1, 3, 5-7, 12, 14-18 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007