The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte SHADI L. MALHOTRA Appeal No. 2005-0581 Application No. 10/228,124 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-10, 12 and 13. Claims 11, 16-21, 24-29 and 32-37 have been withdrawn from consideration. Claims 22 and 23, the other claims remaining in the present application, have been allowed by the examiner. A copy of illustrative claim 1 is appended to this decision. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007