The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM J. BAER, I-MING KAO, PEDRO JACOB, JR, JANET L. MURRAY, DEIDRA S. PICCIANO and JERRY D. ROBERTSON ________________ Appeal No. 2002-1506 Application 09/219,934 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-23, which constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on December 31, 2001 but was not entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007