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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS W. HOLMQUIST-BROWN and PETER O. REKOW ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0153 Application No. 08/375,681 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.1 We affirm. 1 At pages 1-2 of the examiner’s answer it is correctly noted that “The statement of the status of the claims contained in the brief is incorrect… this appeal involves claims 1-4 and 6-16… claim 5 has been indicated to be allowable when written in independent form.”Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007