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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TOIVO NISKANEN and KARI PELTONEN ________________ Appeal No. 1997-1598 Application 08/456,6991 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of 1Application for patent filed June 1, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 08/182,036, filed January 14, 1994, now U. S. Patent No. 5,462,585, issued October 31, 1995. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007