Paper No. 18 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MICHAEL STEINMETZ ______________ Appeal No. 95-4846 Application 08/023,5921 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 14 through 16, as amended after the final rejection. The amendment after final rejection dated March 27, 1995 (Paper No. 10) was refused entry by the examiner while the Application for patent filed February 26, 1993. According to1 applicant, this application is a division of Application 07/642,522, filed January 17, 1991, now Patent No. 5,201,635 issued April 13, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007