The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROBERT W. HELT ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1051 Application No. 08/652,740 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, 6-11, 14, 15 and 17-20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. However, in the Answer, the examiner indicated that claims 15 and 17-20 now were considered to be allowable, leaving claims 1-3, 6-11 and 14 before us on appeal. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007