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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JACK B. ROBINSON, ROD J. ROHRICH and RONALD M. FRIEDMAN ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0226 Application No. 08/447,217 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before METZ, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 8, mailed July 31, 1997) of claims 1 to 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. 1On February 28, 2000 the appellants waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 19) scheduled for March 6, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007