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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STEPHEN M. GRUSSMARK ____________ Appeal No. 98-1252 Application No. 08/642,1841 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Stephen M. Grussmark (the appellant) appeals from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 12, 15-17 and 22-24. Claims 6- 1Application for patent filed May 6, 1996. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/430,391 filed April 28, 1995, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 08/194,406 filed February 10, 1994, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007