The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GRAHAM A.W. ROOK and JENNIFER J. EDGE __________ Appeal No. 1998-0968 Application No. 08/031,075 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and GRIMES, 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 22, 24, 32, 34, 35, 37, 45, 47, 48, 50, 60, 61, 63 and 73, all the claims 1 under consideration in the application. 1Claims 74 through 176 are also pending, but have been withdrawn from consideration as the result of a restriction requirement. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007