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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRANK E. JOUTRAS and RONALD J. HRUSKA JR. ____________ Appeal No. 98-0985 Application No. 08/271,0221 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 42-47, 49-52 and 72-74. Claim 48 has been allowed and claims 1-41, 53-71 and 75-82 have been canceled. 1Application for patent filed July 6, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 08/089,852, filed July 9, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007