The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MIKE A. MARGUCCI _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0660 Application No. 08/312,406 _____________ ON BRIEF _____________ Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL AND ORDER UNDER 37 CFR § 1.196(d) This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 10.1 No other claims are pending in the application. An Order under 37 CFR § 1.196(d) is presented at the end of this decision following our new ground of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b). 1 Claim 1 was amended subsequent the final rejection (Paper No. 7 mailed July 9, 1996) to overcome a rejection under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007