The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROLF C. RYHAM ________________ Appeal No. 1998-3168 Application No. 08/420,730 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 5-15, 17-20, 23 and 27. Claims 2-4, 16, 21, 22 and 26, the other claims remaining in the present application, have been objected to by the examiner. Claim 1 is illustrative: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007