The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAMES C. KLEEWEIN, EILEEN T. LIN and YUN WANG __________ Appeal No. 1997-0587 Application 08/314,644 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, 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 1-20. Two amendments after appeal were filed by appellants, and both amendments were entered by the examiner. The second amendment cancelled claims 9 and 18. Accordingly, this appeal is directed to the rejection of claims 1-8, 10-17, 19 and 20, 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007