THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CRAIG S. SLAVTCHEFF __________ Appeal No. 95-3981 Application 08/099,8801 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8. Subsequently, the examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 4 and 5 indicating that these claims would be allowable if placed in independent form. This leaves claims 1, 7, and 8 for our consideration. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows: 1Application for patent filed July 30, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007