Paper No. 30 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte ELDON L. GORDON ______________ Appeal No. 1997-3164 Application 08/397,024 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, 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 1-4, 6-9, 13, 14 and 23-27. Claims 5, 10-12 and 15-22 had been cancelled. An amendment after final rejection was filed on September 3, 1996 and was entered by the examiner. This amendment and a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007