The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WILLIAM J. GRANDE, WILLIAM MEY, THOMAS M. STEPHANY and THOMAS N. TOMBS __________ Appeal No. 1999-0427 Application 08/782,272 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-37, which constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on February 17, 1998 but was denied entry by the examiner. The disclosed invention pertains to an electrographic 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007