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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES A. PONTUTI, ROBERT W. WARNER, RICHARD F. THEISSEN and JOHN A. NIELSEN ________________ Appeal No. 96-0353 Application 08/099,2201 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before ELLIS, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 7-13, which are all of the claims remaining in the 1Application for patent filed July 29, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 07/688,648, filed April 19, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,260,113, issued November 9, 1993. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007