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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL B. PURVIS, ANTHONY A. PARKER, PAUL A. HOLMES, JULIA B. MAC LACHLAN, JOHN R. SCOTT, and YASUO NEGISHI __________ Appeal No. 1997-0218 Application 08/182,757 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HANLON, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 42-47, 49-51, 66, 77 and 78. Claims 40, 41, 52-65 and 67-71 are also pending and have 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007