Ex parte WESTERMAN 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                   

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                     __________                                       
                            Ex parte EVERETT A. WESTERMAN                             
                                 and PHILLIP E. ROLL                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-0531                                  
                               Application 08/464,4891                                
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                   
          rejection of claims 11, 12 and 25-28.  As a result of further               

               1Application for patent filed June 5, 1995.  According to              
          the appellants, the application is a division of Application                
          08/018,466, filed February 16, 1993, now Patent No. 5,442,156,              
          issued August 15, 1995; which is a continuation of Application              
          07/682,637, filed April 9, 1991, abandoned.                                 
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