The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ELIZABETH OGREN, CARLA SANTOS, ALAN KUNTZ and GEORGE RIEHLE __________ Appeal No. 2003-1893 Application 09/770,018 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PAK, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 18, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER According to the appellants (Brief, page 3), For convenience in handling of this appeal, all of the claims will be grouped and argued together. Thus, . . . , the rejected claims stand or fall together. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007