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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte JOHN TEXTER and ROLAND G. WILLIS ________________ Appeal No. 1996-3955 Application 08/170,601 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-14, 16, 17, 19 and 21-26. Claim 15, which is the only other claim remaining in the application, stands objected to as being dependent from a rejected claim. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007