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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD A. OPENCHOWSKI, SCOTT A. BEATTY, ANDREAS M. HAAS, KENNETH F. PACKER and JITEN V. SHAH __________ Appeal No. 1999-0368 Application 08/636,033 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, 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 claim 1. Claims 2-20, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been allowed. Two amendments filed subsequent to the final rejection have been submitted, however, neither has been entered. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007