The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WALTER L. MODEN and JOHN O. JACOBSON __________ Appeal No. 1999-0591 Application 08/581,905 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and BARRY, 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 1-39 and 46-57. Claims 40-45 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a nonelected invention. An amendment after final rejection was filed on June 9, 1998 but was denied entry by the examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007