The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BONNIE M. PEMBERTON, and FRANK A. WOLFE ____________ Appeal No. 2000-2202 Application No. 08/810,049 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants appeal the Examiner's final rejection of claims 20-22, 24, 27 and 30.1 Because the issues are not ripe for appeal, we remand. 1 Claims 13-14 and 16 to 18 are pending in the present application and have been indicated as containing allowable subject matter by the Examiner. (Answer, p. 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007