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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAY R. CARNES and ROBERT L. NOLEN, JR. _____________ Appeal No. 1997-0305 Application 08/286,0851 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-10, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Application for patent filed August 3, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of application 08/066,398, filed May 20, 1993, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007