The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID A. SAAR ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0327 Application No. 08/745,330 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, LALL, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5 and 11-21 , which 1 are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 6- 10 have been canceled. BACKGROUND 1 The amendment (Paper No. 11, filed October 5, 1998) submitted subsequent to the final rejection was denied entry by the examiner (Paper No. 12, mailed October 20, 1998). The amendment attempted to cancel claim 17, which is not listed in appellant's brief as being on appeal. As claim 17 was never canceled, we consider the claim to be before us for decision on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007