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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JERALD R. MELCHER and DEBRA A. SPEICHERT ____________ Appeal No. 97-0695 Application No. 08/273,4661 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before LYDDANE, 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 3 through 8. Claims 1 and 2 have been 1Application for patent filed July 11, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a division of Application No. 08/000,205, filed January 4, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,358,480, which was a division of Application No. 07/823,366, filed January 21, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,212,847.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007