The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID A. STYCZINSKI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1517 Application No. 08/685,2691 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, 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 1-12 , which are all2 of the claims pending in this application. 1Continuation of U.S. application Serial No. 08/321,946, filed Oct. 12, 1994; now abandoned. 2The amendment (Paper No. 16, filed June 11, 1997) filed subsequent to the final rejection (Paper No. 15, filed April 8, 1997) was denied entry by the examiner (Paper No. 17, filed June 18, 1997).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007