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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RANKO SCEPANOVIC, JAMES S. KOFORD, EDWIN E. JONES, DOUGLAS B. BOYLE, and MICHAEL D. ROSTOKER __________ Appeal No. 97-2053 Application 08/229,6241 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's rejection of claims 1-27, which constitute all the claims in the application. In the answer the examiner withdrew the pending rejection of claims 1-27 and added a 1Application for patent filed April 19, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007