The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PHILIP S. PORTOGHESE and SANDRA L. OLMSTED __________ Appeal No. 1998-1489 Application 08/449,224 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision finally rejecting claims 1 through 9 and 22, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS Claims 1 and 22, which are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, read as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007