Ex parte ALLEN et al. - Page 1




                    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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                    Ex parte PATRICK J. ALLEN, TRACEY E. BECKMAN                      
                        JOHN M. BLEVINS, LOUIS J. VILTRO and                          
                                 WILLIAM R. VINNAGE                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                 Appeal No. 97-2597                                   
                               Application 08/176,0561                                
                                     ___________                                      
                                HEARD: July 16, 1999                                  
                                     ___________                                      
          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection               
          of claims 29-32.  Claims 14-28, the only other claims                       
          remaining in the application, have been withdrawn from further              


               1Application for patent filed January 3, 1994.                         
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