The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DAVID JOHN RUSSELL, GERALD WALTER JONES, HEIKE MARCELLO and VOYA RISTA MARKOVICH ________________ Appeal No. 2001-2255 Application 09/027,856 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT 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 12-20. Claims 1-11 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. An amendment after final rejection was filed on May 30, 2000 and was entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007