The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHRISTOPHER D. THOMPSON And JOSEPH R. HOEPFL __________ Appeal No. 1998-3353 Application 08/692,711 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and Pate and Nase, Administrative Patent Judges. McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL AND REMAND TO EXAMINER This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 21 through 25 and 28 through 33. No other claims are pending in the application. We reverse the examiner’s decision rejecting the appealed claims and remand this application to thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007