The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ELRIC W. SAASKI, CHUCK C. JUNG and DAVID A. MCCRAE Appeal No. 2000-1983 Application No. 08/990,038 ON BRIEF Before THOMAS, KRASS and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 9, 28 and 31. The examiner has indicated that claims 10, 15-19, 21-23, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36 and 40-46 are directed to allowable subject matter and are not before us on appeal. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007