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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SAMUEL S. PRATT, DAN SHAFFER, TIM A. DAVIS, ASHLEY HEIPLE and PETER N. LALOS __________ Appeal No. 1999-0616 Application 08/443,1521 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-10, 12 and 13. Claims 11 and 14-27, the only other remaining claims in the application, stand withdrawn from further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) 1Application for patent filed May 17, 1995. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007