The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GREGORY A. LOCHKOVIC, JOHN S. RICHARDS and SHAIL K. MOORJANI ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1403 Application No. 10/011,665 _____________ ON BRIEF _____________ Before GARRIS, KRATZ and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal, which involves claims 20-26. We AFFIRM. The subject matter of this case is directed to an optical fiber ribbon separation tool that includes a heat source for heating the optical fiber ribbon. (Specification, page 1, lines 3-4).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007