The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LEONARD J. FEATHERS ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2781 Application No. 08/656,299 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 33. Subsequent to the Notice of Appeal, appellant filed an amendment (Paper No. 12, August 20, 1998) canceling claims 17 through 19 and 21 through 24, and amending claims 13 through 16 and 20. As a result of the examiner's entry of this amendment, only claims 1 through 16, 20 and 25 through 33 remain for our consideration on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007