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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte BRUCE D. BRYANT, KENNETH A. MARKO, JIMI S.-Y. TJONG and DAVID M. MATHIAS _____________ Appeal No. 96-3895 Application 08/288,1031 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FLEMING, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 11-15 and 17-30. Claims 7-10 and 16 have been objected to as having allowable subject matter but depending from a rejected claim. References relied on by the Examiner Capps 4,643,023 Feb. 17, 1987 1 Application for patent filed August 9, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007