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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ASHOK B. NAYAK ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1798 Application No. 08/596,5381 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, NASE, and GONZALES, 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 to 9, 17, 19 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 1Application for patent filed February 5, 1996. 2Claims 1 and 17 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007