The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CRAIG R. GROSE ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2211 Application No. 08/620,427 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, 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 7, 8, and 10. Claims 11-18 have been allowed .1 BACKGROUND 1An amendment (Paper No. 15, filed May 8, 1998) submitted subsequent to the final rejection was entered by the examiner (Paper No. 16, mailed May 20, 1998).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007