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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK F. McATARIAN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0030 Application No. 08/151,9601 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, NASE, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 3, 8 and 9. Claims 13 to 20 have been allowed. Claims 4 to 7 and 10-12, the remaining claims pending in this application, have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. 1Application for patent filed November 15, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007