The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GREGORY C. MOORE __________ Appeal No. 2000-0506 Application 08/979,592 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and 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 4, 6, 8 through 15 and 18. Subsequent to the final rejection, appellant filed an amendment (Paper No. 8, July 8, 1999) canceling claim 4 and making minor amendments to claims 1 and 13. This amendment was entered by the examiner (see Paper No. 9, July 22, 1999). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007