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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LLOYD A. BABCOCK, JR. ____________ Appeal No. 97-3068 Application No. 08/389,9041 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, MEISTER, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 11, 14 and 15, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 1Application for patent filed February 16, 1995. 2Claims 1, 3, 5, 11 and 15 were amended subsequent to the final rejection. Since the examiner did not include the rejection of claims 1 through 11, 14 and 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, in the examiner's answer, we presume that this ground of rejection raised in the final rejectionPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007