The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SHADI L. MALHOTRA ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0728 Application No. 09/404,5701 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and DELMENDO, 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 refusal to allow claims 1 through 21, 23 and 24. Claim 22, the only remaining claim pending in the present application, has been allowed. 1 This appeal is related to Appeal No. 2002-0699 involving Application 09/401,740.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007