The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD RASHMAN and DENNIS SHICK __________ Appeal No. 1999-0455 Application 08/635,483 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, LEVY and BLANKENSHIP, 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 1-3 and 5, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to an improved 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007