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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DEAN L. SICKING and BRIAN G. PFEIFER ____________ Appeal No. 98-1461 Application No. 08/335,1531 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 17, 19 through 22, 25 and 27. Claims 1 2 through 5, 18, 23, 24 and 26 have been allowed. Claims 6 1Application for patent filed November 7, 1994. 2Claim 22 was amended subsequent to the final rejection. The examiner has withdrawn the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection of claim 22.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007