Ex parte ESTWANIK - Page 10




          Appeal No. 98-1242                                        Page 10           
          Application No. 08/498,884                                                  


               The rejection of claim 8 as being unpatentable over                    
          Ballard is sustained.                                                       
               The decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-part.                      
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                                   AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                   




                         NEAL E. ABRAMS                )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         CHARLES E. FRANKFORT          )     APPEALS                  
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                         WILLIAM F. PATE               )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              


          NEA/jlb                                                                     











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