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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHARLES S. RICHARDSON and ARNOLD S. LIPPA __________ Appeal No. 1998-0640 Application 08/212,5711 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before URYNOWICZ, KRASS and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-11, all the claims pending in the application. The invention pertains to a hearing aid. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows: A hearing aid apparatus for receiving and transmitting to the human sensory system an audio frequency signal for enabling human 1 Application for patent filed March 16, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007