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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRUCE R. BOWMAN and PETER STASZ __________ Appeal No. 96-0935 Application 08/157,7371 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 20, which constituted all of the claims of record in the application. Subsequently, however, the appellants canceled claims 1, 2 and 15 through 20 (Paper No. 17), and the examiner indicated that claims 3 through 9 were allowed 1Application for patent filed November 24, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/902,899 filed June 23, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007