The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NORA L. CARROLL, HYUN S. LIM, GEORGE J. OSTAPCHENKO, SHAILAJA R. VAIDYA, J. MICHAEL MCKENNA, JOHN J. CURRO, GARY D. LAVON, and RICHARD L. SPARKS __________ Appeal No. 2003-0577 Application No. 09/194,378 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 27 throughPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007