The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BERNARD S. ESROCK ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1763 Application No. 09/227,037 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-15, which are all of the claims pending in this application, which is an application for reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,591,389, issued January 7, 1997 on Application No. 08/447,894, filed May 23, 1995 (hereinafter "the patent"). Claims 1-14 of the patent have been amended and a new claim 15 has been added in this reissue application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007