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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM G. HAWKINS and CATHIE J. BURKE ____________ Appeal No. 96-3998 Application No. 08/344,3971 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 16, 18, 20-24 and the rejection of claim 28 added in an amendment after final rejection filed October 27, 1995 which was entered by the Examiner. The above claims constitute all 1Application for patent filed November 23, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/971,873, filed November 5, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007