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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOSEPH L. VERANTH __________ Appeal No. 96-0418 Application 08/051,3211 ___________ HEARD: May 7, 1999 ___________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 9 2 1Application for patent filed February 18, 1993. According to the appellant, the application is a continuation of Application 07/540,108, filed June 19, 1990, now abandoned. 2 An additional reference was added under the new ground of rejection of all these claims in the Examiner’s answer. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007