The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte A. DALE LAKES __________ Appeal No. 1997-3874 Application 08/446,295 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before GARRIS, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 22-24 and 28-33. Claims 25-27, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. THE INVENTION The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007