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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MERRIE BRITT ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0635 Application No. 08/688,8251 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, COHEN 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 2, 5 and 7 through 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 Application for patent filed July 31, 1996. According to the1 appellant, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/354,718, filed December 6, 1994, now abandoned. The examiner's comment on page 2 of the answer that the amendment2 after final rejection filed July 15, 1996 in parent Application No. 08/354,718 has not been entered appears to be in error. The file record indicates that (continued...)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007