The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD A. KIRKPATRICK II __________ Appeal No. 1997-0440 Application No. 08/582,237 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KRASS, FLEMING, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 5 to 7. Claims 3, 14, 17 and 18 are indicated to be allowed. Claims 8 to 13 are canceled. The rejections of claims 4, 15 and 16 are withdrawn. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007