The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID R. ELVIDGE and MALCOLM K. SMITH ___________ Appeal No. 1998-2641 Application No. 08/700,020 __________ ON BRIEF _________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. Garris, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 5, 9, 13, 14 and 21 which are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of applying a coating to a surface comprising metering the amount of coating applied to the surface at a metering nip via a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007