The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DUDLEY W. C. SPENCER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0605 Application No. 08/803,779 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McQUADE, BAHR and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2, 7-10 and 13-17.1 Claims 3-6, the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected invention. 1 The amendment filed April 28, 1999 (Paper No. 9) after the final rejection has not been entered (see Paper No. 10). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007