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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DALE F. SWARTS, WILLIAM L. ROHR JR., STEVE T. LIN THIRUMALAI DEVANATHAN, STEVEN L. KREBS, and PAUL D. SCHOENLE _____________ Appeal No. 97-2783 Application 08/388,0891 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 4 through 13 and 15. As noted on page 1 of appellants' brief (Paper No. 8), claims 2, 3 and 14 "are not presented for Appeal and their final rejection has been accepted by the Appellant." Application for patent filed February 14, 1995.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007