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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTOPHER A. HOFMEISTER ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0282 Application No. 08/716,9951 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, 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 through 22, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 We REVERSE. 1Application for patent filed September 20, 1996. 2Claim 17 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007