The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN C. NELSON and GARY M. VANCE ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2294 Application No. 08/546,298 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 10-15 and 19-22, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007