Paper No. 17 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MERRIT N. JACOBS ______________ Appeal No. 96-1809 Application 08/094,7241 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before METZ, HANLON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claim 1. Claims 2 and 4-11 are also pending in the application. Claim 2 has been objected to as being 1Application for patent filed July 21, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007