The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID A. SILVA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2628 Application No. 08/652,723 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 15-17, 23 and 24 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. Claims 1 and 4-14 stand allowed and claims 18-22 stand objected to as being dependent on a rejected claim. No other claims are pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007