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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARTIN SIGMUNDSTAD _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0560 Application No. 08/578,636 ______________ HEARD: May 16, 2000 _______________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 9, 10 and 12 through 15, which are all of the claims in the application. We AFFIRM, but designate our affirmance as a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007