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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL A. UMNEY and DOUGLAS E. VANN ____________ Appeal No. 99-0612 Application No. 08/772,9581 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 5 through 8 and 11 through 16, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 2 through 4, 9, 10 and 17 were canceled in an amendment after final rejection filed February 10, 1998. 1Application for patent filed December 24, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007