The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ANDREW J. KEENAN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1716 Application No. 08/526,942 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, NASE, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 16, 17 and 21-26, as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These claims constitute all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007