The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL DEILY and NORMAN CRANDALL ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1824 Application No. 08/463,383 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 16 and 17. These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. Appellants’ disclosed invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a neck flange. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 16, 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007