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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARTIN MUELLER ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3814 Application No. 08/601,461 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 8, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 1Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection. While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment after final rejection (filed January 7, 1997), we note that this amendment has not been clerically entered.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007