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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte FLORIAN KLINGER __________ Appeal No. 1997-3801 Application 08/397,960 ___________ HEARD: MAY 16, 2000 ___________ Before PAK, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1-6 and 5-15 as amended after final rejection. Claims 16-24, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. THE INVENTION 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007