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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PHILIP O. JARVINEN __________ Appeal No. 2000-0803 Application 05/333,233 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. This is a decision in an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-16, all the claims pending in the application. By way of background, this case has been pending since 1973, with the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 13) having been entered in 1975. Since then, the application has been subject to a secrecy order, which has only recently been rescinded. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007