The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOSEPH PATRELLO _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2537 Application 08/680,602 ______________ HEARD: August 16, 2000 _______________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and COHEN and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 4, which are all of the claims pending in the application. Claim 5 has been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007