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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LARRY J. GRANT and CLARKE BERDAN II _____________ Appeal No. 1997-1491 Application 08/478,167 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-16, 19-25, 35 and 36. Claims 2, 17 and 18 stand objected to as being dependent upon a rejected claim. Claims 26-34, the other claims remaining in the present application, have been allowed by the examiner. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007