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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DONALD L. PURINTON and LOUIS R. SEMFF ____________ Appeal No. 97-1489 Application No. 08/478,1581 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, HANLON, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 and 21-39, all of the claims pending in the application. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows: 1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/273,040, filed July 8, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007