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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PATRICK A. LEACH and DAVID I. LEACH _____________ Appeal No. 1996-3738 Application 08/004,254 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 39 to 42, 44 to 48 and 52 to 54. The other claims remaining in1 1Although claims 39 to 54 were all rejected in the final rejection, the examiner stated in a subsequent Advisory Action (Paper No. 17) that upon filing an appeal, claims 43 and 49 to 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007