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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EVERETT A. WESTERMAN and PHILLIP E. ROLL __________ Appeal No. 1998-0531 Application 08/464,4891 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 11, 12 and 25-28. As a result of further 1Application for patent filed June 5, 1995. According to the appellants, the application is a division of Application 08/018,466, filed February 16, 1993, now Patent No. 5,442,156, issued August 15, 1995; which is a continuation of Application 07/682,637, filed April 9, 1991, abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007