The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JERROLD N. POSLUSNY, PAUL B. MERKEL, LAWRENCE G. ANDERSON, JARED B. MOOBERRY, and DAVID H. BOWN ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3701 Application No. 08/141,457 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 2 through 7, 9 through 13, 15, 17 through 22 and claim 25, 1 which are all the claims pending in this application. Claims 1, 8, 14, 16, and 23 have 1An amendment subsequent to the Final Rejection received October 11, 1995, inserted new claim 25. See the Advisory Action mailed October 25, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007