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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte STEFAN P. SYWYK Appeal No. 96-2091 Application No. 08/230,5441 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, MARTIN, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 15 through 18 , all of the claims pending in2 1Application for patent filed April 20, 1994. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of application 07/904,431 filed June 25, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. S,336,938 issued August 9, 1994. 2While the appendix to the principal brief indi cates that claims 17 and 18 depend, respectively, from claims 4 and 5, they actually depend, respectively, from claims 16 and 17.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007