The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALLAN M. BERLINSKY ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1212 Application No. 08/777,986 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2, 3, and 5 through 18. Claim 4 was canceled in Amendment A, filed February 23, 1998 (Paper No. 7) and claim 1 was canceled in Amendment B, filed August 25, 1998 (Paper No. 9). After the final rejection, claims 2, 3, 5 through 9 and 18 were canceled in Amendment C filed August 11, 2000 (Paper No. 20). In the Examiner’s Answer (page 5), the examiner indicated thatPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007