The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTIAN R. THOMAS, NARASIMHA R. EDALA and JOEL I. MARCEY ___________ Appeal No. 2006 - 1314 Application No. 09/823,084 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before LEVY, NAPPI, and FETTING, Administrative Patent Judges. FETTING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007