The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte NEIL L. HOOPINGARNER and BARRY D. MATIN _____________ Appeal No. 1998-1308 Application 08/469,397 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before COHEN, PATE, MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7. These are the only claims remaining in the application. The claimed invention is directed to a rigid foam board used as the peripheral core in a sandwich panel. The foam 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007