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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte LOREN D. ALEXANDER, LLOYD L. PIPER, II, THADDEUS S. DZIERZBICKI, and CEM M. GOKCEN __________ Appeal No. 1997-0674 Application 08/214,9711 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-16, which constitute all of the 1Application for patent filed March 17, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007