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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROY S. RIEBER, WILLIAM A. MALLOW, and JESSE R. CONNER __________ Appeal No. 96-0216 Application 07/842,9151 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, ELLIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 10, and 12 through 18. Claims 19 through 29 are also 1Application for patent filed February 27, 1992. According to the appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/483,440, filed February 7, 1990, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application 07/225,107, filed July 27, 1988, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007