Ex parte ANDERSON et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                

                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                         Paper No. 17                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
                                                             ____________                                                                     
                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
                                                             ____________                                                                     
                                               Ex parte DENNIS C. ANDERSON,                                                                   
                                                     BRETT A. ANDERSON and                                                                    
                                                     HAROLD T HJERMSTAD II                                                                    
                                                             ____________                                                                     
                                                        Appeal No. 97-2540                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/339,5581                                                                   
                                                             ____________                                                                     
                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
                                                             ____________                                                                     
                Before CALVERT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                               
                rejection of claims 23 through 29, which are all of the claims                                                                
                pending in this application.                                                                                                  



                         1Application for patent filed November 15, 1994.  According                                                          
                to the appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                       
                Application No. 08/128,989, filed September 29, 1993, now U.S.                                                                
                Patent No. 5,390,813.                                                                                                         





Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007