The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RICHARD A. NAZARIAN, DIRK R. SMITH, JAMES R. WATTS, TIMOTHY J. KRIEWALL and RICHARD A. GRIEWSKI ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1546 Application No. 09/030,989 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, WARREN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 16 to 38, all of the pending claims in the above identified application. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.1 1 In rendering this decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments presented in the Brief filed September 24, 2003.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007