The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte AMIT GUPTA and RAPHAEL ROM ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1383 Application No. 08/868,972 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before DIXON, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 6-19, and 21-30. We affirm-in-part. 1 Appellants waived an oral hearing via facsimile communication filed December 18, 2002 (Paper No. 16).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007