The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN R. KESSLER ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2418 Application No. 08/686,883 ____________ HEARD: September 12, 2000 ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11 and 21 through 38, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We affirm-in-part and reverse-in-part.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007