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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YAPPING TAN ____________ Appeal No. 98-2743 Application No. 08/504,1001 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON A PPEAL Yapping Tan (the appellant) appeals from the final rejection of claims 19-23. Claims 1-7, the only other claims present in the application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner under the provisions of 37 CAR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a nonelected invention. 1Application for patent filed July 19, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007