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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT C. MARTIN, PHILLIP RAMBOSEK, WILLIAM J. VANDERHEYDEN, JOHN W. LOUKS, DONALD L. POCHARDT and SATINDER K. NAYAR __________ Appeal No. 97-0145 Application 08/073,3271 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 9 and 11 through 14. At that point, remaining claims 10 and 15 through 22 had been withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a nonelected invention. After 1Application for patent filed June 8, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007