The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MICHAEL G. ROSENBLUM and NICHOLAS J. DONATO __________ Appeal No. 1997-3542 Application No. 08/192,507 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SPIEGEL and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of appealed claims 1-7 and 11-17. Claims 8-10 and 18-20, the only other claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner. We affirm-in-part. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007