THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MIKKO LINDSTROM _____________ Appeal No. 1997-2986 Application No. 08/260,7841 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, MARTIN, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 11-16, and 20-23. Claims 7-10 and 17-19 are objected to for depending on rejected claims. We affirm-in-part.2 1Application for patent filed June 16, 1994. 2The Answer includes claim 10 among the rejected claims and also among the objected to claims. The examiner's communication (paper No. 20) dated October 16, 1998, explains that the objected to status is the correct status.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007