THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION This opinion (1) was not written for publication and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte OLE K. NILSSEN ____________ Appeal No. 96-3090 Application 08/287,409 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, THOMAS, and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges. TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge. BACKGROUND This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 44-65, all of the pending claims.1 (Paper 29 at 1.) We affirm in part. Appellant filed the subject application on 8 August 1994. Appellant claims the benefit of United States patent application number 06/717,441, filed 28 March 1985, now abandoned. (Paper 25 at 1.) 1 Canceled claims 1-43 were the subject of an earlier appeal to the Board. (Papers 17, 23 and 25.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007