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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DRAZEN S. CARIC, HERMANN JORDAN and WOLFGANG J. OBERMANN _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0180 Application No. 08/629,260 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 2-5, 14-19 and 21. Claims 6-13 and 20, the only other claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007