The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte GEORGE J. VIKSNE ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2653 Application No. 08/656,681 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A method for reducing the coefficient of friction of a gasket subject to lateral forces, comprising; -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007