The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GILBERT W. YOUNGER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1743 Application No. 09/314,618 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 8. Claims 21 through 24, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been withdrawn from further consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. Claims 9 through 20 have been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007