The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FRANK L. SCHMIT, LLOYD EWING and DAVID T. REDMON ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0425 Application No. 08/272,527 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 13, mailed October 30, 1996) of claims 2, 3 and 11 to 32, which are all of the claims pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007