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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD B. PHILIPS and ROBERT KUKLINSKI __________ Appeal No. 1998-1736 Application 08/282,847 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 11, all the claims in the application. Claim 1, the only independent claim, defines the subject matter in issue as follows (emphasis added): 1. Apparatus for separating gas bubbles from a moving fluid comprising: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007