Mark, you and others have made great "layman" critiques but bottom line is that we had our best shot at taking care of this with an ex parte re exam. We had the "best" lawyers and technical people at our calling and we got spanked. Why would you think our people will do better at an appeal. We had our best shot and we appear quite incompetent. Some are pointing a the examiner as being on the take or him being incompetent. Like in sports, blaming the refs. But the great players win despite the refs. We had it in our hands to win or lose. Once again we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.