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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRIAN E. FITZGERALD, DONALD F. LIENERT and RONALD J. PASCUCCI __________ Appeal No. 96-0814 Application 08/066,3311 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 4-6, 9 and 10. These constitute all the claims remaining in the application. We affirm-in-part. Appellants’ invention pertains to a method of using the spindle of a machine tool to move a rotary fixture to any of a 1Application for patent filed May 24, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/917,833 filed July 21, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007