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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DONALD A. COLLINS JR., REX A. ALESHIRE, DOUGLAS A. BAEHL, and STEPHEN J. AMES ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3074 Application No. 08/392,5981 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, FLEMING, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 7, 9 and 11. The examiner indicated the allowability of claims 8 and 10 in the answer. 1Application for patent filed February 23, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007