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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THERESA C. GESSE ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3296 Application No. 08/681,8571 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, FRANKFORT, 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 2, 5 through 8, 11 and 12. Claim 13 has been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as 1Application for patent filed July 29, 1996. According to the request for filing a patent application under 37 CFR § 1.60 (Paper No. 2, filed July 29, 1996), the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/394,498, filed February 27, 1995, now U.S. Patent No. 5,539,939.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007