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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte KEVIN P. ARMANIE, ROBERTO J. RIOJA, DIANA K. DENZER, CHARLES E. BROOKS, WALTER D. COKER, DANIEL K. GADBERY and ROBERT NEWELL ______________ Appeal No. 1996-1223 Application 08/218,6761 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CAROFF, JOHN D. SMITH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal and Opinion This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 14, 16 and 17 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.2 We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot 1Application for patent filed March 28, 1994. 2See the amendment of April 27, 1995 (Paper No. 7) which was entered by the examiner in the advisory action of May 15, 1995 (Paper No. 8) but has not been clerically processed. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007