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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RAMON B. FERNANDEZ and KENNETH A. DEVANE __________ Appeal No. 1997-0241 Application No. 08/218,892 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 8 through 16 which are all the claims remaining in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007