The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MILTON C. SHAW and AMITABH VYAS ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1657 Application No. 09/554,319 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's non-final rejection (Paper No. 10, mailed September 10, 2002) of claims 2 to 5, 7 to 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 to 23, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 35. Claims 6, 10, 11, 17, 24, 27, 28 and 31, the only other claims pending in this application, have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007