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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte THOMAS W. ASTLE ________________ Appeal No. 95-0526 Application No. 08/038,5331 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judges. SOFOCLEOUS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 4, 6, and 8 to 20, all the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal is directed to a micropipette tip rack, a pipettor system, and a method of loading onto a pipettor a plurality of micropipette tips. 1Application for patent filed March 29, 1993. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007