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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DENNIS O. FALAAS and HOWARD C. RASCHKE ________________ Appeal No. 1996-2472 Application 08/075,2971 ________________ HEARD: JANUARY 10, 2000 ________________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-10, 17 and 18, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. 1Application for patent filed June 11, 1993. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007