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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL J. NOONE and WILLIAM C. WOELLNER ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0705 Application No. 08/129,615 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 6, 13-17, 19, 22-26, 28-30, 32, 33 and 35, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 22 and 35 were amended after the final rejection (see Paper No. 21, filed March 23, 1998). This amendment has been entered, pursuant to the examiner's advisory action (Paper No. 22).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007