Paper No. 20 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte DAVID P. SCHULTZ ______________ Appeal No. 97-0984 Application 08/546,3451 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, HECKER, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, which constitute all the claims in the application. After the Application for patent filed October 20, 1995. According to1 appellant, this application is a continuation of Application 08/194,552, filed February 10, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007