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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN H. TREGILGAS and ARTHUR M. TURNER ____________ Appeal No. 96-0384 Application No. 08/106,2521 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before, GARRIS, KRASS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-7, 15-19 and 21. Claims 8 and 20 stand objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening 1Application for patent filed August 13, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007