The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MARK S. STEIDINGER and DAVID J. STEIDINGER __________ Appeal No. 1999-2566 Application 08/868,935 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3, 12-20 and 23-26. Claims 5-11, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, have been indicated by the examiner as containing allowable subject matter. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007