THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RANDY W. SIMON, CHRISTINE E. PLATT, ALFRED E. LEE and GREGORY S. LEE ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0054 Application No. 08/308,781 ________________ HEARD: August 16, 2000 ________________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 11-14, 17- 23, 26-32 and 37-46. Claims 15 and 16 have been allowed by the examiner. Claims 24, 25 and 33-36, the other claims remaining in the -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007