The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PAUL R. SCHIMMEL __________ Appeal No. 1997-32421 2 Application No. 07/929,834 __________ HEARD: February 6, 2001 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 14, all of the claims in the application. 1As a preliminary matter, we note that this appeal is related to an appeal in application serial no. 08/249,689 (Appeal No. 1997-2396). We have considered the two appeals together. 2Application for patent filed August 14, 1992 According to appellant, this application is a continuation-in-part of application serial no. 07/586,534, filed September 21, 1990, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007