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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte VINCENT A. REGER ________________ Appeal No. 1998-1552 Application 08/698,982 ________________ HEARD: MAY 4, 2000 ________________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 23-31, which at that point constituted all of the claims remaining of record in the application. Subsequently, claim 23 was canceled, and claims 24-27 and 29-31 were amended. However, no claims were allowed -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007