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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOSEPH J. PIGNATELLO __________ Appeal No. 1996-0270 Application 08/118,1281 ___________ HEARD: July 13, 1999 ___________ Before PAK, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, 8-10 and 19-22, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION 1Application for patent filed September 8, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007