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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ARNOLD H. ZLOTNIK, JOHN A. AUSTIN and MILTON ZLOTNIK ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1816 Application No. 08/370,5401 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, NASE, and BAHR, 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 8, 10, 16, 24 and 30 to 43. Claim 44 has been allowed. Claims 11 to 15, 17, 18 and 25 have been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention. Claims 9, 19 to 23, 26, 27 and 29 have been canceled. Since no rejection of dependent 1Application for patent filed January 9, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007