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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAUL J. SERBIAK, ANNAMARIA CESCO-CANCIAN, JULIE K. FREDRICK and ROBERT J. PEERENBOOM __________ Appeal No. 97-1027 Application No. 08/218,9541 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before McCANDLISH Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 30 and 32 through 42. No other claims are 1Application for patent filed March 28, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/048,640, filed April 16, 1993, abandoned, which is a continuation of Application No. 07/811,388,filed December 20, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,219,341, issued March 28, 1995. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007