The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RICHARD P. ANDERSON, DONN R. ARMSTRONG, and STANLEY S. BORYS ____________ Appeal 2006-2419 Application 10/238,297 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: December 13, 2006 ____________ Before WALTZ, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the Primary Examiner’s Final Rejection of claims 21 through 33 (see also the “Amendment” dated July 26, 2005, considered as per the Advisory Action dated Aug. 17, 2005). Claims 1 through 20 are the only other claims pending in this application and stand withdrawn from consideration as directed to a non-elected invention (FinalPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007