The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JACK A. ROTH, TAPAS MUKOPADHYAY, and MICHAEL TAINSKY __________ Appeal No. 1996-2756 Application No. 07/987,235 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 12, 13, 16, 25 and 30-32, which are all the claims pending in the application. 1 We note appellants waived (Paper No. 32, received March 20, 2001) their request for oral hearing (Paper No. 28, received July 7, 1995). Accordingly, we considered this appeal on Brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007