The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RICHARD L. GULDI and JEFFREY W. RITCHISON ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3360 Application No. 08/119,785 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and PAK and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 134 Upon consideration of the record, it is: ORDERED that the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 7 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over:1 1 Claim 19, which was also finally rejected, has been canceled (Paper 20, “Amendment Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.116”; Paper 22, advisory action, item 3).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007