The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CARL SPANA, JOSEPH FARGNOLI, and JOSEPH BOLEN __________ Appeal No. 1996-2210 Application 08/129,722 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal was taken from the examiner=s decision rejecting claims 1 through 4, 6 through 17, and 22 through 26, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 1 and 23, which are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, read as follows: 1. An expression vector, comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007