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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL J. CAREY and JOSEPH H. EDWARDS ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2537 Application No. 08/619,269 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15 to 18, 22, 23 and 25 to 27. Claim 24 has been allowed. Claims 10, 19 and 201 have been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) 1Claims 9, 12 and 16 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007