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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HARRIS M. GITLIN and JAMES W. MALONEY, JR. __________ Appeal No. 96-3482 Application 08/155,0101 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 8 and 11. At that point, claims 9 and 10 had been canceled, and the examiner had indicated that dependent claims 5 and 6 would be allowable if rewritten in independent form. 1Application for patent filed November 19, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007