The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PATRICIO F. MENDEZ, CHRISTOPHER S. RICE, STUART B. BROWN and SHINYA MYOJIN __________ Appeal No. 2003-1583 Application 09/253,235 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 31-41, which are all of the claims pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007