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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte JIMMIE B. LAWSON, ROBERT J. FAIRCLOTH and GEORGE M. IKEN ______________ Appeal No. 1996-2400 Application 08/245,1451 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WARREN, OWENS and WALTZ, 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 finally rejecting claims 14 through 16 and 18, which are all of the claims in the application.2 We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon find that we cannot 1Application for patent filed May 16, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a division of application 08/014,585, filed February 8, 1993, now United States Patent 5,346,009, issued September 13, 1994. 2See the amendment of September 26, 1994 (Paper No. 6) and specification, pages 15-16. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007