The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ______________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ______________________ Ex parte FRED E. REGNIER, NOUBAR B. AFEYAN and MARVIN VESTAL ______________________ Appeal No. 2005-1216 Application No. 10/117,453 ______________________ ON BRIEF _____________________ WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 30-41, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 1-29 and 42-44 have been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007