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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS D. SCIUGA, SALVATORE J. SCIUGA and KEITH J. TUPPER ____________ Appeal No. 97-4253 Application No. 08/385,9811 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before Abrams, Frankfort and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 9 and 10, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 7, 8 and 11 through 13 are allowed. 1Application for patent filed February 9, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007