The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte EDWARD BAWOLEK, JEAN-CHARLES KORTA, WALTER J. MACK, TINKU ACHARYA, PING-SING TSAI and GREGORY W. STARR Appeal No. 2003-0261 Application No. 09/126,203 ON BRIEF Before BARRETT, FLEMING and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. NAPPI, 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 16-39. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007