The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DENNIS M. FUTO AND JEFFREY S. PLANTZ ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1165 Application No. 08/753,174 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 7- 11, 15-18, 20 and 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 We REVERSE. 1Claim 20 was amended after the final rejection, which overcame a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph (see Papers No. 7 and 8).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007