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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GREGORY A. ZURBUCHEN _____________ Appeal No. 1997-2248 Application No. 08/378,513 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Gregory A. Zurbuchen originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 9 through 20. The appellant has since canceled claims 13 and 19 and amended claims 9 and 14. Thus, the appeal now involves claims 9 through 12, 14 through 18 and 20, all of the claims currently pending in the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007