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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD J. SHAW and MARK R. SHAW __________ Appeal No. 97-2483 Application 08/575,8301 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 8. No other claims are pending2 in the application. 1 Application for patent filed December 20, 1995. 2 Of all the amendments filed after the final rejection, only the last-filed amendment (filed September 17, 1996) involving only claims 4 and 8 has been entered. See page 2 of the examiner’s answer. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007