THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KIM C. BERTIN, ROBERT BOOTH JR., DENNIS W. BURKE, RODNEY BAYS, TERRY L. DIETZ, GREGORY C. STALCUP and RICHARD D. VANLANINGHAM __________ Appeal No. 96-3696 Application No. 08/242,9871 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 3-7 and 9-17. Claim 8 has been 1Application for patent filed May 16, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007