The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CRAIG S. CRIDDLE, MICHAEL DYBAS, and GREG TATARA __________ Appeal No. 1998-3388 Application 08/370,5511 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ROBINSON, SCHEINER, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, and 9 - 11, which are all of the claims pending in the application. Claims 1 and 11 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1 This application is related to Application No. 08/474,539, filed June 7, 1995, which is the subject of Appeal No. 1998-0424, currently pending before the Board. We have considered these two appeals together. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007