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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GYANENDRA GUPTA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-0846 Application No. 08/474,950 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before, JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8 and 35 through 42. Representative claims 1, 36, and 37 are reproduced below: 1. A removable, non-brittle, water soluble thermoplastic spacer for use to space an electrical 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007