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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD SHENG-TONG SHYR, ENRICO F. NAPOLETANO and MARIE GUILLOT ________________ Appeal No. 1996-3194 Application 08/218,802 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-9 and 21-24. Claims 10-20 stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a nonelected invention. Claims 25-28 were -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007