The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte N. THORTON LIPSCOMB And OMAR M. BUAZZA ___________ Appeal No. 1999-1071 Application No. 08/453,770 ___________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 41-47, 49-58, 60-76, 81-85, 87-94, 97, 98, 100-103, 105, 106, 108-110, 112-120, 122-129, 131-140, 142-158, 163-167, 169- 176, 179, 180, 182-185, 187, 188, 190-192, 194-202, and 204-229. With respect to the status of the other claims of the present application, we refer to pages 2 and 3 of appellants’ brief, and note that these other claims are not under consideration in the appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007