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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN K. HOWIE ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0875 Application No. 08/169,9181 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-19. Representative claims 1 and 17 are reproduced below: 1Application for patent filed December 20, 1993. According to the appellant, the application is a continuation- in-part of Application No. 07/968,775, filed on October 30, 1992, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007