The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES M. SCHUCHARDT and DANIEL J. MARTIN ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0953 Application No. 08/288,418 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1On May 11, 2000, the appellants filed a request (Paper No. 20) to withdraw their previously filed request for an oral hearing. Such request has been granted.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007