The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT C. RICHARDSON and DONALD J. MARN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1369 Application No. 08/622,620 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 46 and 50 through 52. Claims 47 through 49, the only other claims pending in this application, stand objected to by the examiner as allowable if rewritten in independent form and thus are not before us in this appeal (Brief, page 2; Final Rejection dated Aug. 27, 1996, Paper No. 12, paragraph bridging pages 3-4).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007