The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GARY C. RIEBE ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1263 Application No. 08/351,993 ____________ HEARD: SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 25. These claims constitute all of the claims in the application. Appellant's invention pertains to a friction device and to a method of assembling a brake stack. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 25, respective copies of which appear in the "[AMENDED] APPENDIXPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007