The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARY REINER and RICHARD W. AMBS ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1373 Application No. 08/377,473 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-13 and 20-27. Claims 14-19 and 28-30 have been canceled, and claims 31-39 have been allowed. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007