The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JACQUES R. FRESCO, BIN LIU and LYNN C. KLOTZ __________ Appeal No. 1998-2648 Application 08/473,888 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ROBINSON, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL An oral hearing in this case was scheduled for April 24, 2001. Upon reviewing the case, however, we have determined that an oral hearing will not be necessary and we render the following decision based on the record. This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 -14.1 Claim 1 is representative and reads as follows: 1 Claims 15-23 are also pending but have been withdrawn from consideration following a restriction requirement.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007