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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte THOMAS A. CHIMENTI, DANIEL K. NG and RAYMOND R. RAABER _____________ Appeal No. 95-2768 Application 08/019,7001 ______________ HEARD: December 8, 1997 _______________ Before CALVERT, COHEN and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 14, 17, 18 and 28 to 30. Claims 20 to 25, the other2 claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a 1 Application for patent filed February 19, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 07/829,282, filed February 3, 1992. 2 Claims 14, 16 to 19 and 27 to 29 were finally rejected, but in an amendment filed on October 25, 1994 (Paper No. 13), claims 16, 19 and 27 were cancelled, and claim 30 was added. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007