The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KEVIN W. ANDRESEN and KOK S. CHEN __________ Appeal No. 1998-2725 Application 08/473,651 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 19 and 20. Claims 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 13-18 have been cancelled. Claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 10-12, 21 and 22 have been indicated to contain allowable subject matter. An amendment after final rejection was filed on October 30, 1997, and was entered by the examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007