The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RAVINDRA L. ARUDI and RAMESH C. KUMAR ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3544 Application No. 08/404,234 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 23 and 44 through 47. Claims 24 through 43 are the only other claims pending in this application and stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a nonelected invention (Brief, page 3; Answer, page 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007