The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JIANYUN DONG and RAYMOND A. FRIZZELL ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2139 Application No. 08/114,5951 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SPIEGEL, and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges. SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 46 and 49. Claim 50, the only other claim pending in this application, has been withdrawn from further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as not readable on the elected invention. 1 Application for patent filed August 31, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007