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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM B. ALBERY and LLOYD D. TRIPP ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2854 Application No. 08/500,2781 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1 through 7, as amended subsequent to the final rejection. Claims 8 and 9, the other claims pending in this application, were not rejected in the final rejection.2,3 1Application for patent filed July 10, 1995. 2While the Office Action Summary of the final rejection (continued...)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007