The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte MICHAEL A. SNYDER and JAMES R. SCHWARTZ ________________ Appeal No. 1998-0654 Application No. 08/522,874 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, WARREN and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 11. Claims 12-15, the other claims remaining in the present application, stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. Claim 1 is illustrative: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007