The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board Paper No. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CLAIR L. HICKS __________ Appeal No. 1997-4381 Application 08/440,734 __________ HEARD: November 30, 2000 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-17, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007