The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DANIEL J. GRIMM and MARK S. LEUENBERGER ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3797 Application No. 08/121,820 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 25 to 41, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 1On August 28, 2000, the appellants waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 30) scheduled for October 11, 2000. 2The appellants have stated (brief, pp. 5 and 13) that claim 36 is identical to claim 30 and should be cancelled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007