The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LAWRENCE J. NOVAK, PETER J. ROHRBACHER and RUDOLPH KIST III ____________ Appeal No. 2000-2014 Application No. 08/713,672 ____________ HEARD: MARCH 22, 2001 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, 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 1-8, 10-20 and 22-24. Claims 9, 21, 25 and 26 stand withdrawn from further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007