The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte BARRY E. KINSMAN and RICHARD HANNEY _____________ Appeal No. 1998-1405 Application No. 08/379,600 ______________ HEARD: MARCH 8, 2001 _______________ Before PAK, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 7 through 21, which are all of the pending claims in the above-identified application. Claim 7 is representative of the subject matter on appealPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007