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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JEFFREY D. GELORME, MARTIN J. GOLDBERG, NANCY C. LABIANCA and JANE M. SHAW ____________ Appeal No. 97-0226 Application No. 08/441,9651 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, WALTZ, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Gelorme et al. (appellants) appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 9 through 11 and 16 through 19. Claims 22 through 25 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a nonelected invention. 1Application for patent filed May 16, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application No. 08/357,789, filed December 16, 1994; which is a continuation of Application No. 08/122,886, filed July 13, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007