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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RUSSELL F. LEWIS __________ Appeal No. 1997-1572 Application 07/792,5341 ___________ HEARD: December 6, 1999 ___________ Before THOMAS, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 7 to 12 and 16 2 1 Application for patent filed November 12, 1991. 2 There are two entries in the record marked as final rejections, [paper nos. 14 and 23]. This appeal is from the final rejection marked as paper no. 23, the other having been withdrawn. An amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper no. 24], however, it contained only a request for 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007