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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GERALD W. MORELAND ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0174 Application No. 08/302,2071 ____________ ON BRIEF2 ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 8, which are all of the claims pending in this application.3 1Application for patent filed September 8, 1994. 2On September 8, 1999, the appellant waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 28) scheduled for September 16, 1999. 3Claims 4, 5 and 8 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007