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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVEN H. LEITCH, LISA J. BARTZ, and KATHLEEN B. FISH __________ Appeal No. 96-0937 Application 08/203,7231 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 6, 8 through 12, 14 through 16, and 18 through 26, all the claims pending in the application. The examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 9, 10, and 19 in the 1Application for patent filed February 28, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/026,144, filed March 2, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application 07/671,578, filed March 19, 1991, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007