The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KIM J. BLACKWELL, PEI C. CHEN, ALLAN R. KNOLL, LUIS J. MATIENZO and RICHARD D. WEALE __________ Appeal No. 1997-3314 Application 08/266,783 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WARREN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-13, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007