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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FU-PAO TSAO and ROSALIND DANRIDGE ____________ Appeal No. 1996-2766 Application No. 08/258,909 ____________ HEARD: February 22, 2000 ____________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 15 through 17, 19 through 22 and 24. Claims 18 and 23, the only other claims remaining in this application, stand objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form. Therefore, claims 18 and 23 are not included in this appeal (Brief, page 2, and Answer, page 1).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007