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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT A. MEGER __________ Appeal No. 96-3037 Application No. 08/252,4741 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-3, 5-8 and 10-12. At this point, claim 4 had been allowed and claim 9 indicated as containing allowable subject matter. Subsequent to the final rejection, an amendment was entered which resulted in claim 9 being allowed (Paper No. 13). 1Application for patent filed June 1, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007