The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte J. DANIEL BRYANT, ROBERT M. RAMAGE, ARMAND J. BEAUDOIN, HIDETOSHI UCHIDA and HIDEO YOSHIDA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2328 Application No. 08/560,138 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, 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 2 through 12, 18 and 19 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated Aug. 15, 1997, Paper No. 10, entered as per the Advisory Action dated Aug. 20, 1997, Paper No. 11). Claim 21, the only other claim pending in this application, does not form a part of this appeal as it is objected to by the examiner but would bePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007