The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LEE KEVIN DORIUS, JOHN M. HARKER, and LAURENCE SCOTT SAMUELSON ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1542 Application No. 08/806,864 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, 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 12, 13, 15-18, 21, 22, 25, 35, 36, 44, 45 and 47, which constitute all the pending claims remaining in the application. The invention relates to a U-shaped rail centered between first and second outwardly located taper flat side rails wherein the U-shaped rail has side rails which are shorter than thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007