The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DARRELL D. PALMER ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2515 Application 08/548,938 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 29-48. Claims 1-28 have been canceled, and claims 49-52 stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a nonelected invention. An amendment after final rejection was filed on June 30, 1997 and was entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007