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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN H. MALIK, JOHN J. MIKULA and ROBERT A. JULIEN ____________ Appeal No. 97-0677 Application No. 08/312,7101 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and McQUADE 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 1 through 4, which are all of the claims pending in this application. In the examiner's answer, the examiner allowed claim 4 and objected to claim 3 as depending from a rejected claim. Accordingly, claims 1 and 2 remain on appeal. Application for patent filed September 27, 1994.1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007