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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte EDWAR S. SHAMSHOUM, DAVID J. RAUSCHER and DOUGLAS A. BURMASTER ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1684 Application No. 08/223,9161 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CAROFF, KIMLIN, and JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection of claims 13-14 and 29-70. Claims 1-12, all the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a non-elected invention and, thus, are not before us on appeal. 1Application for patent filed April 6, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007