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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT ADLER __________ Appeal No. 96-1225 Application 08/107,6961 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, JOHN D. SMITH, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claim 12 and refusal to allow claims 1, 3, 5-11, 13, 15, 16 and 18-23 as amended after final rejection. These are all of 1Application for patent filed December 30, 1993. According to applicants, this application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT/EP92/00322 filed Febraury 14, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007