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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ANDREW L. ABRAMS and ANAND V. GUMASTE ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0805 Application No. 08/599,5081 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, MEISTER and ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-20, 22 and 24-43, which at that point constituted all of the claims remaining of record in the 1Application for patent filed January 25, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007