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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PATRICK A. DOLGAS, E. WAYNE ZICHT and ALVIN C. BANNER __________ Appeal No. 97-0986 Application 08/430,5801 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MEISTER, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 2, 9 and 12. Claims 1, 3-8, 10 and 11, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been allowed. 1Application for patent filed April 28, 1995. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/234,134, filed April 28, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007