The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte IAN G. BRIDGES, DONALD GRIERSON and WOLFGANG W. SCHUCH __________ Appeal No. 1996-1027 Application 08/162,288 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL In accordance with the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13, mailed November 1, 1995), this is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 4, 17-19 and 21-24, all the claims pending in the application. On consideration of the record, we reverse the examiner's decision rejecting these claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112 and 35 U.S.C. § 103. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007