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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN W. REISCH RICHARD J. FEEGEL, and CURTIS P. SMITH ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1991 Application No. 08/376,270 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WARREN, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 6 and 8 through 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND At the outset, we note that the present application was filed as a continuation-in-part of U.S. application No. 08/265,369, which parent application was filed on June 24,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007