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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PATRICK W. P. DIRKS ________________ Appeal No. 97-2696 Application 08/231,6571 ________________ HEARD: MARCH 10, 1999 ________________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 through 23. Claims 3, 4 and 8 have been objected to and are thus not on appeal. The disclosed invention relates to the management of 1Application for patent filed April 25, 1994. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007