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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ANTHONY S. MIKSZA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-4292 Application No. 08/515,344 ____________ HEARD: April 5, 2000 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, NASE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 5, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007