The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PAULA J. CARLSON, CATHLEEN M. NORLAND, NICOL M. LARSON and JOHN J. ROLANDO __________ Appeal No. 2000-0057 Application 08/748,053 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-4, 6- 16 and 39-49. Claims 17-38, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007