The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte VLAD ZAHARIA and PEDRO S. BARANDA __________ Appeal No. 2004-0837 Application 09/778,481 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and JEFFREY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 22, which are all the claims pending in the above-identified application. Claims 1, 5 and 13 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007