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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHADI L. MALHOTRA, BRENT S. BRYANT and ARTHUR Y. JONES __________ Appeal No. 1997-2308 Application 08/504,2661 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, KRATZ and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13-16 and 20-35. Claims 5, 18 and 19 1 Application for patent filed July 19, 1995. According to the appellants, the application is a division of Application 08/196,605, filed February 15, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007