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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte DAVID EVERETT ______________ Appeal No. 1998-0085 Application 08/343,540 _______________ HEARD: MAY 15, 2000 _______________ Before FLEMING, GROSS and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 17, all the claims pending in the present application. The invention relates to reading data from a smart card. The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007