The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KEITH V. WOOD, and MONIKA G. GRUBER __________ Appeal No. 1999-1774 Application 08/487,183 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ROBINSON, ADAMS , and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 -17, 20-23, 25-27, 29, and 33. Claims 18 and 30-32 are also pending and have been indicated to be allowable. Paper No. 13, mailed April 15, 1997, page 7. Claims 1 and 33 are representative of the claims on appeal and read as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007