The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JON S. BURDICK, JERRY D. FIDLER and ROGER E. LAWSON ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1470 Application No. 08/915,706 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, 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 of claims 1-12. Claims 13-15, the other claims pending in this application, have been allowed.1 1While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment after final rejection (Paper No. 6, filed August 16, 1999), we note that this amendment has not been clerically entered.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007