Ex parte ESTEP et al. - Page 1




          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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte RANDALL S. ESTEP                                
                                        and                                           
                                 DENNIS A. ZIMMERMAN                                  
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2000-0965                                  
                             Application No. 08/927,465                               
                                   ______________                                     
                              HEARD: NOVEMBER 28, 2001                                
                                   _______________                                    
          Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative               
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection              
          of claims 1 and 4-17, which are all of the claims pending in                
          the present application.  Claims 2 and 3 have been canceled.                
          An amendment filed June 4, 1999 after final rejection was                   
          approved for entry by the Examiner.  At page 4 of the Answer,               
          the Examiner has indicated that, on reconsideration of the                  
          rejection in view of arguments presented by Appellants in the               





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