The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DAVID J. MCGINTY, ERVIN T. POWERS, JR., HYUNKOOK SHIN, ROGER K. SIEMIONKO and DAVID M. TAYLOR _____________ Appeal No. 1998-3094 Application 08/550,968 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 37 and 42-48, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. In the examiner’s answer, the examiner indicates claims 43 and 46 to be allowable (page 3). Thus, the claims before us are claims 37, 42, 44, 45, 47 and 48.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007