The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RAYMOND McLAINE and CHARLES S. PALM __________ Appeal No. 1999-1892 Application No. 08/883,157 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 7, 10 and 17. Inasmuch as appellants have withdrawn the appeal of claim 4 (brief, page 2), and correspondingly dependent claim 5 based upon appellants’ failure to list claim 5 among the appealed claims, the remaining claims on appeal are claims 1 through 3, 6, 7, 10 and 17.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007