The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MARJORIE M. K. HLAVA, C. SCOTT ROBERTS _____________ Appeal No. 2004-0570 Application No. 09/425,532 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before: RUGGIERO, SAADAT, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 5 through 11, 13, and 15 through 20, which constitute all the claims in the application. For the reasons stated infra we reverse the examiner’s rejections of these claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007