The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PHILIP HUBBAUER and LOUIS T. MANZIONE _____________ Appeal No. 1998-0259 Application No. 08/391,817 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 41. Claims 21 and 22 have been subsequently objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, and claims 24 through 41 have been subsequently allowed (answer- page 2). Thus claims 1 through 20 and 23 remain finally 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007