Paper No. 25 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte JAMES B. SCOTT ______________ Appeal No. 98-0605 Application 08/383,1911 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, COHEN and MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 12, 14, 16, 19, 20 and 27. Claims 13, 15, 17 and 18 have2 Application for patent filed February 3, 1995.1 Claims 1, 16 and 27 have been amended subsequent to final rejection by2 an amendment filed on November 5, 1996 (Paper No. 13). Although the examiner has indicated that this amendment "has been entered" (see answer, page 2), we note that no clerical entry thereof has in fact been made. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007