The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DONALD R. DRESSLER __________ Appeal No. 1999-2511 Application 08/847,414 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 25-28, 30, 31, 39 and 40 (see the Brief, page 2). Claims 1-24 and 33-38, the only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as drawn to a nonelected invention (see the Final Office 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007