The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID M. GOLDENBERG and HANS J. HANSEN __________ Appeal No. 1997-2393 Application No. 08/183,381 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ADAMS, and MILLS, 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 1, 5-22, 24-28, 34 and 35, which are all the claims pending in the application. 1 In accordance with 37 CFR 1.194(c), the Board decided that an oral hearing was not necessary in this appeal. Therefore, appellants’ request for oral hearing was vacated (Paper No. 31, mailed January 10, 2001).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007