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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TREVOR J. POWLES, MIR A. IMRAN, DEEPAK GANDHI and BABER R. SYED ____________ Appeal No. 97-4459 Application No. 08/421,0631 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 4. Claims 5 through 7 have been allowed. Claims 8 through 16 have been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention. Application for patent filed April 13, 1995.1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007