The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DONALD E. RATERMAN et al. ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0941 Application No. 08/226,660 ____________ HEARD: July 10, 2000 ____________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and BARRETT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 20-34 and 43-72, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE and REMAND.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007