The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PAUL M. CUMMINGS __________ Appeal No. 1997-3243 Application 08/290,093 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 10, 13-18 and 20. Claims 1-9 and 11, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007