The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID B. CHANEY, BARRY W. SMITH and THOMAS H. MILLS __________ Appeal No. 1998-0863 Application 08/502,831 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 20, all the claims in the application. In the supplemental examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16) the examiner states that claims 1 to 10 are allowed, leaving claims 11 to 20 before us 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007