The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DANIEL P. IVKOVICH, JR., ANDREW J. SKOOG,JANE A. MURPHY, THOMAS W. RENTZ, WILLAIM R. STOWELL and BRYAN T. BOJANOWSKI ____________ Appeal 2006-3437 Application 10/702,801 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: November 16, 2006 ____________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A method for applying an optical coating to an article surface of a metallic article, comprising the steps of: furnishing the metallic article having the article surface;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007