The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 OLAN S. FRUCHEY, BRIAN D. BURKE, HUH-SUN CHIOU, and MICHELE L. NICHOLS __________ Appeal No. 2000-0639 Application No. 08/537,560 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1 through 17 and 20. Claim 21 stands allowed. Claims 18, 19, and 22 through 25, the only other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as directed to a non-elected invention.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007