THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte RICHARD E. ECKELS and CARL H. KNAPKE _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1803 Application 08/968,845 ______________ HEARD: 10 October 2001 _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LEVY , Administrative Patent Judges. 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 1-18, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to the protection of a terminal assembly for a compressor having a shell. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007