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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KENNETH W. BEEBE ____________ Appeal No. 99-0209 Application No. 08/643,0481 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-5, 7-13, 15 and 16, which at that point constituted all of the claims remaining of record in the application. Amendments permitted entry after the final 1Application for patent filed May 2, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007