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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GEORGE E. KOCHANOWSKI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1782 Application No. 08/472,3321 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, NASE, and CRAWFORD, 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 through 14 and 19 through 21. Claims 15 and 16 have been allowed. Claims 17 and 18 have been 1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995. According to the appellant, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 08/119,291, filed September 8, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,442,870, issued August 22, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007