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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte GREGORY J. RUSSELL-JONES and STEVEN W. WESTWOOD ______________ Appeal No. 1996-1273 Application 07/956,0031 _______________ HEARD: October 5, 1999 _______________ Before PAK, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, 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 3, 4, 14 through 21 and 25 through 29 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 November 30, 1992. 2See specification pages 29-30, the amendment of August 17, 1994 (Paper No. 12) and the amendment of June 12, 1995 (Paper No. 20). The latter amendment further canceled claims 8 through 10, 30 and 31 which were finally rejected on October 19, 1994 (Paper No. 13). - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007