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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GORDON F. PALM and R. GEORGE HARTIG __________ Appeal No. 1997-0844 Application No. 08/269,979 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK, and WALTZ Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 18, 25 and 28, as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendments dated Jan. 11, 1996, Paper No. 12, and Apr. 5, 1996, Appendix B 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007