The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte PATRICK SAVAGE, JITENDRA CHHIKARA and FREDERICK W. PLATZ, JR. Appeal No. 2004-0094 Application No. 09/181,658 ON BRIEF Before JERRY SMITH, 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 1, 4 through 6, 9 through 57. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007