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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN T. LAVIN ____________ Appeal No. 97-4429 Application No. 08/404,6661 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, McQUADE, 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 12 through 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application. On page 2 of the brief, the appellant states that the rejection of claims 14 and 18 is not being appealed. Consequently, the appeal is dismissed with respect to claims 14 and 18. Claims 12, 13, 15 through 17 and 19 through 21 remain on appeal. 1Application for patent filed March 15, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007