The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 NAWAF K. BITAR, ROBERT M. ENGLISH and RAJAGOPAL ANANTHANARAYANAN __________ Appeal No. 2002-0792 Application 08/801,646 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KRASS, FLEMING, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 13, 14, 18 through 34, 40 through 46, and 52 through 55. Claims 7 through 12, 15 through 17, 35 through 39, and 47 through 51 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007