The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROY M. WIELAND and BLAINE L. WIELAND ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0322 Application No. 08/855,921 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed July 2, 1998) of claims 1, 3, 6-8, 11-23 and 25. Claims 4, 5, 10 and 24 were indicated to be rejected on the summary page of the final rejection, however, no rejection of claims 4, 5, 10 and 24 was included in the final rejection. Accordingly, claims 4, 5, 10 and 24 are not before us in this appeal and the status of those claims is unclear from the record. Claims 2 and 9 have been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007