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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte WILLIAM C. SETZER, RICHARD J. MALLLIRIS, GARY W. BOONE, FRANK P. KOCH and DAVID K. YOUNG ______________ Appeal No. 1996-3587 Application 08/401,043 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal and Opinion This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 1, 31 through 46, 49, 51 through 60 and 70 through 72 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.1 We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot sustain the sole ground of rejection of the appealed claims advanced on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 1Amendment of December 6, 1995 (Paper No. 10). - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007