The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID N. EDWARDS and STEPHEN J. VICIK __________ Appeal No. 1997-3099 Application 08/191,886 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 - 6, 9 - 56, and 65 - 73. Claims 57 - 64, the remaining claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner and are not before us on appeal. Claims 1 and 65 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007