The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte NEELAKANTAN SUNDARESAN ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1177 Application No. 09/510,0541 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, DIXON, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3. The Examiner has objected to claims 4-7 and 19 and has indicated their allowability if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims while claims 8-18, 20 and 21 have been indicated as allowable. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed February 22, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007