The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte FREDERIK W. FREERKS, TETSUYA Y. ISHIKAWA, TIMOTHY Y. WANG, JEFFREY C. HUDGENS, MOHSEN SALEK, TIM LEONG, AL DIFRANCESCO and JAMES R. CIULIK ______________ Appeal No. 2003-0668 Application 09/324,889 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's rejection of claims 24 through 46. These are all of the claims pending in the application. Claims 24 and 31 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and are set forth below: 24. A robot blade, comprising: a body having a blade surface that is at least partially semi-conductive;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007