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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DEREK D. CHAPMAN, RAMANUJ GOSWAMI and CSABA A. KOVACS ________________ Appeal No. 1997-2271 Application 08/588,969 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5, which are all of the claims in the application.1 1The rejection appealed from is a first action rejection. However, because the subject matter on appeal is essentially the same as in the parent case and because the same references -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007