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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RALPH BAUER, THOMAS E. COTTRINGER AND MARTIN B. BARNES ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3496 Application No. 08/167,2881 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HANLON, PAK, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 9 which are all of the claims pending in the application. 2 1Application for patent filed December 16, 1993. 2As is apparent from the record, appellants’ statement "[t]his is an appeal from the Office [a]ction dated August 29, 1995 [sic, September 27, 1995], finally rejecting Claims 1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007