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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HANS W. HERZOG, KENNETH B. LINGO and JOHN H. NOLAN ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1524 Application No. 08/938,0511 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, PATE, 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 to 8, 14, 15, 22, 24 and 26 to 31. 2 Claims 9, 16 to 21, 23, 25 and 32 to 36 have been allowed. 1Application for patent filed September 26, 1997. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/523,061, filed September 1, 1995, now abandoned. 2Claim 15 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