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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THERESA A. MAUDIE, DAVID J. MONK and TIMOTHY S. SAVAGE ____________ Appeal No. 97-1625 Application No. 08/415,9001 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 8-12 and 23-31. Claims 1-7 and 13-22 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. 1Application for patent filed April 3, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007