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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PHILIP L. NELSON _____________ Appeal No. 96-3613 Application 08/335,4961 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 27 through 36. In the answer (page 2) dated May 30, 1996, the examiner indicates that claims 28 and 30 are now objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the 1Application for patent filed November 7, 1994. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of Application 08/045,631 filed April 9, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,373,991 issued December 20, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007