The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _____ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MANJIT S. CHOWDHARY, and WALTER M. WHITE __________ Appeal No. 2004-2017 Application 09/501,559 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before OWENS, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges, WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-11, 27-32, 34-39 and 41-70. Claims 12-26, 33 and 40, the remaining claims in this application, stand withdrawn from further consideration as being directed to a non- elected invention (final Office action dated Mar. 28, 2003). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007