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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM P. WARTHEN and JOHN B. MANLY, JR. _____________ Appeal No. 97-4048 Application 08/371,9341 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 18, 19 and 20, and from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 21 and 22 as amended subsequent to the Application for patent filed January 12, 1995. According to1 appellants, this application is a divisional of application 08/110,055, filed August 30, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007