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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte V.N. MALLIKARJUNA RAO, FRANK J. WEIGERT and CARL G. KRESPAN ________________ Appeal No. 1996-0683 Application 08/116,938 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before PAK, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 7. Claims 2 through 6 and 8 through 24 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. See the final Office action dated December 8, 1994 (Paper No. 10). -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007