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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte NEELKANTH S. GUPTE, XIN LIU, STEVEN J. SPENCER, ROBERT H.L. CHIANG and DANIEL GAFFANEY _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0280 Application 08/672,383 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 and 4. These are the only claims remaining in the application. The subject matter is directed to an improved heat 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007