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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RICHARD G. RINCOE and PAUL J. MOORE, JR. ____________ Appeal No. 97-4293 Application No. 08/138,3961 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 3-5, 9-11, 14-16, 18, 22-29, 41 1Application for patent filed October 18, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a division of Application 07/704,615 filed May 23, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,253,656 issued October 19, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007