The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TERRY G. RITZ __________ Appeal No. 1996-3541 Application 08/275,307 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL The above-captioned panel only recently received again this appeal for decision following the remand to the examiner on November 9, 1999. Pending appealed claims remain as 1 through 21 and 23 through 35, which constitute all the claims in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007