The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KURT G. MELIA and RUSSELL D. ARTERBURN ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1737 Application No. 08/330,168 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 9, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007