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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PHILIP A. CONGDON, LILY Y. PANG, and GARY A. EVANS ____________ Appeal No. 96-3813 Application No. 08/248,9371 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, and 11 through 23. Claims 4 through 10 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to nonelected claims. An amendment filed concurrently with the reply brief has been approved for entry by the examiner. 1Application for patent filed May 25, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007