The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ELIJAHU SHAPIRA, DAVID S. MONTGOMERY and W. GLEN BOYD ________________ Appeal No. 2003-0050 Application 09/240,208 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and DIXON, 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, 2, 5-10, 17-19 and 24- 46, which constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on May 21, 2001 and was entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007