The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES D. BRUGMAN and PAUL L. TASSON ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1041 Application No. 09/219,4751 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 12, mailed June 7, 2000) of claims 1 to 8 and 16 to 29. Claims 9 to 15, the only other claims pending in this application, have been allowed. We REVERSE. 1 Application filed December 22, 1998, for reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,588,491 (Application No. 08/513,436, filed August 10, 1995 ("the original application")), which patent issued on December 31, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007