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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN B. GEROW __________ Appeal No. 96-0555 Application No. 08/156,7411 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 and 3-9, which constituted all of the claims of record in the application at that time. Since 2 1Application for patent filed November 24, 1993. 2Paper No. 5, the final rejection, erroneously indicates that claim 2 was included in the rejection. However, claim 2 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007