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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte THOMAS E. HINTZ and KERRY C. TENBERG ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0243 Application 08/168,976 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 1, 1 the sole pending claim. 1An amendment after the final rejection was filed [Paper No. 8] and was approved for entry by the Examiner [Paper No. 9]. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007