THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAN J. RIGNEY ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0969 Application No. 08/790,501 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judges, GONZALES, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 6-9 and 13. Claims 2, 4, 5, 10-12 and 14-15, the other claims in this application, have been indicated as allowable, subject to being rewritten in independent form (answer, page 3).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007