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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOHN M. TOBIAS _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2902 Application No. 08/452,107 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, HECKER and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18, all of the claims pending in the application. The invention is directed to an electrical grounding device best illustrated by reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007