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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSE L. RIVERA, WILLIAM L. RODMAN, DONALD B. SPENCER and BRIAN P. STAPLETON _____________ Appeal No. 96-1869 Application 08/086,4941 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before COHEN, STAAB and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 16. These claims constitute all of the claims in the application.2 1Application for patent filed July 1, 1993. 2In error, the examiner states (answer, page 2) that the copy of the claims in the brief is correct. Contrary to the claims of record, the copy of claim 1 specifies 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007