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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GIOVANNO A. VADO and DOMENICO MANCA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3006 Application No. 08/586,9771 ____________ 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 to 7 and 9 to 11, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 1Application for patent filed January 16, 1996. 2Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection (Paper No. 9, mailed February 19, 1997).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007