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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DANIEL J. BATDORF _________ Appeal No. 1997-0998 Application 08/251,4941 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, WALTZ and SPIEGEL, 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 1 through 5, 9, 13 through 15 and 22 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see2 1 Application for patent filed May 31, 1994. 2 As noted in the Answer, pages 2 and 3, claim 23 as presented by appellant in the amendment dated Jan. 11, 1996, Paper No. 4, has been renumbered as claim 22 since the claims as originally filed contained no claim 18. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007