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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAMES A. FREGIEN and EARL J. SHANABROOK __________ Appeal No. 97-1646 Application 08/080,8901 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 6, 8 to 11 and 13, all the claims remaining in the application. The claims involved are reproduced in the appendix to appellants’ brief. Claims 8 and 10 are illustrative of the subject matter in issue: 1Application for patent filed June 22, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007