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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALLAN S. LAS and JOSEPH T. MARES ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3004 Application No. 08/290,5901 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, 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 5 to 8 and 17. Claims 1 to 4, 11 to 16 and 18 have been allowed. Claims 9 and 10 have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. No claim has been canceled. 1Application for patent filed August 15, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007