Paper No. 24 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS D. HAUK ______________ Appeal No. 96-3463 Application 08/514,8351 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before MEISTER, FRANKFORT and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Thomas D. Hauk (the appellant) appeals from the final rejection of claims 12, 14-18 and 20-25, the only claims remaining in the application. We REVERSE. 1Application for patent filed August 14, 1995. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of Application 08/337,948, filed November 9, 1994, which is a division of Application 08/067,216, filed May 26, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,386,746, issued February 7, 1995. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007