The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BENJAMIN GEBHART ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3678 Application No. 08/485,161 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before COHEN, JOHN D. SMITH, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 7, 9, and 34 through 36. These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. 1The hearing set for November 1, 1999 was waived by appellant (Paper No. 37).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007