The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte ZBIGNIEW T. BRYNING, BENJAMIN R. IRVIN, HRAIR KIRAKOSSIAN, and EDWIN F. ULLMAN _____________ Appeal No. 1997-2569 Application No. 08/469,578 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, HANLON, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 3-5, 13, 23, 32-41 and 44. Claims 43 and 45-50 are also pending in the application but have been allowed by the examiner. The claims on appeal are 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007