The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID E. EDGREN, HOWARD A. CARPENTER, GURDISH K. BHATTI AND ATUL D. AYER __________ Appeal No. 1997-1160 Application No. 08/036,566 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before, WINTERS, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, 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 24-27. We note that claim 23 was canceled in appellants’ after final amendment1, therefore the examiner’s final rejection of claim 23 is not at issue in this appeal. 1 Paper No. 15, received March 9, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007