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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte THOMAS H. BLAIR et al. _____________ Appeal No. 1997-0439 Application 08/348,4141 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, DIXON and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 8 to 14 and 18 to 22, which constitute all of the pending claims in the application before us. Claims 1 to 7 and 15 1Application for patent filed December 2, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007