The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM J. BAER, I-MING KAO, PEDRO JACOB, JR, JANET L. MURRAY, DEIDRA S. PICCIANO and JERRY D. ROBERTSON ________________ Appeal No. 2002-2205 Application 09/220,291 ________________ 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 1-7. Claims 8-29 have been allowed by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007