The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAMES L. DYE, AHMED S. ELLABOUDY and KUO-LIH TSAI __________ Appeal No. 1998-2257 Application 08/692,310 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 32 and 37-39, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward an AuZn, AuCu or ZnCu alloy made by reducing metal salts with an 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007