The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte STEVEN F. GRIFFIN, CHANCE C. MCCOLL and SATHYA V. HANAGUD ________________ Appeal No. 1999-1112 Application No. 08/683,705 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-10, all of the pending claims. The invention is directed to acoustical musical instruments. More particularly, sound quality of such -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007