The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GARY C. BJORKLUND, WILLIAM E. MOERNER, and SCOTT M. SILENCE ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3528 Application No. 08/230,659 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, 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 11 through 14 and 17 through 20, which are all of the claims pending in the subject application. Claims 15 and 16 were canceled in an amendment filed subsequent to the final rejection. (Paper 9 filed July 31, 1995; Paper 11 mailed August 30, 1995.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007