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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KEVIN P. LEAHY and COREY D. JONES _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0936 Application No. 08/890,263 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claim 3 in this broadening reissue application based on appellants’ U.S. Patent No. 5,528,828, issued June 25, 1996. Claims 1 and 2, the only other claims pending in the application, have been allowed. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007