Ex Parte FRANKLIN 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22         

                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
                                    ____________                                      
                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    ____________                                      
                    Ex parte PETER A. FRANKLIN, ARTHUR G. MERRYMAN,                   
                        RAJESH S. PATEL, and THOMAS A. WASSICK                        
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-2143                                 
                              Application No. 08/743,405                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before NASE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 to 5 and claims 16 to 20, which are all of            
          the claims pending in this application.  Claims 6 to 15 have been           
          canceled.                                                                   










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