The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JULIAN E. RENTON ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2290 Application No. 08/763,955 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FLEMING, BARRETT, 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 7-14 and 16-18 ,1 which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND 1Both the examiner's answer and the final rejection (Paper No. 13, filed November 6, 1998) include claim 15 in the statement of the rejection. We note that claim 15 has been canceled (Paper No. 12, filed August 26, 1998). Accordingly, only claims 7-14 and 16-18 remain before us on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007