The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CLAUDE A. VIDAL, ALAN K. PLYLEY, RUSSELL J. REDMOND and ROGER LAGERQUIST ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1568 Application No. 09/516,603 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, 25 to 32 and 34.1 Claims 33 and 35 to 40 stand allowed. Claims 2 to 7, 14, 22 and 23 have been withdrawn from consideration. Claims 10 to 13, 15, 18 to 21 and 24 have been canceled. We REVERSE. 1 Claim 25 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007