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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte JOSEPH A. BERNARDO and BARRY L. NATALE ________________ Appeal No. 96-1032 Application 08/197,4431 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before CALVERT, MEISTER and ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2 to 6, 8, 19 to 21, 23 and 25, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 2 to 6, 8 and 23 are drawn to a method for making a distinction or identifying code on an article for automated 1Application for patent filed February 16, 1994. According to applicants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/868,525, filed April 15, 1992, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007