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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN STIPPICK __________ Appeal No. 1998-2242 Application No. 08/430,937 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PATE, GONZALES, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3 through 6, 10 and 12 through 18. These are the only claims remaining in the application. The claimed invention is directed to a method for supporting a tray in a mass or heat transfer apparatus such as 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007