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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DONALD DEE GARDNER and PATSY JOYCE GARDNER __________ Appeal No. 98-3306 Application 08/866,0141 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MEISTER, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 5 and 9, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 2 through 4 and 6 through 8 have been canceled. 1 Application for patent filed May 30, 1997. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/676,682, filed July 10, 1996, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007