The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAMES KEITH HOPE __________ Appeal No. 2000-1612 Application 08/938,844 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant appeals from the examiner's non-final Office action mailed August 16, 1999 (Paper No. 10), the fourth set of rejections entered by the examiner during the prosecution of this application. Subsequent to the examiner’s rejections in Paper No. 10, appellant filed his brief (Paper No. 11) and an amendment (Paper No. 12) on September 20, 1999. Appellant 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007