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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT E. RINEHART and PETER J. KARTHEISER _________ Appeal No. 94-4259 Application 07/853,2241 _________ ON BRIEF _________ Before DOWNEY, METZ and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-10, 12, 14-17 and 24; claims 18-23 pending in the application are directed to a non- elected invention and, thus, are not before us. 1 Application for patent filed March 17, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007