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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DANIEL J. BALBIERZ, JACK M. WALKER, JOSEPH R. THOMAS, ROBERT S. BLEY and KEVIN VAN BLADEL ________________ Appeal No. 98-1936 Application 08/316,9331 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final 1Application for patent filed October 3, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation-in- part of Application 08/000,274, filed January 4, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,599,291, issued February 4, 1997. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007