The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ERNEST C. NICHOLS and LEO L. MALMIN ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1482 Application No. 08/995,706 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, McQUADE, 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 19 to 24 and 28 to 33, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART and REMAND.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007