The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KEVIN S. DONNELLY, THOMAS H. LEE and TSYR-CHYANG HO ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2710 Application 08/582,045 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before HAIRSTON, HECKER and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-6, 8-15, 18-19 and 25. Claims 2, 7, 16, 17, 20-24 and 26 have been canceled.1 1 An amendment after the final rejection was filed as Paper No. 24. However, the Examiner did not approve the entry of this amendment, Paper No. 25. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007