The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte THEODORE E. BRUNING III, RANDAL S. MARKS, JULIA A. HODGES, RYAN J. JOHNSON, BERT MARTENS, KAREN E. WORKMAN, SUSAN G. ELKINGTON, RICHARD F. LARY, JESSE YANDELL, STEPHEN SICOLA AND ROGER OAKEY _____________ Appeal No. 2004-1190 Application No. 09/286,160 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before RUGGIERO, MACDONALD 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 through 8 and 10 through 20. For the reasons stated infra we reverse the examiner’s rejection of these claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007