The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WINFRIED G. PAUL, SIVARAM KRISHNAN, and ROGER J. WHITE _____________ Appeal No. 1997-1063 Application No. 08/414,702 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH, and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 5 through 7 in the above-identified application. Subsequent to the final Office action dated Feb. 26, 1996 (Paper No. 7), claim 8 was canceled and newlyPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007