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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEVIN W. SMITH and EDGAR S. HAFFNER ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0348 Application No. 08/663,4711 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, McQUADE, 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 1 and 3 through 29, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART. 1Application for patent filed June 13, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007