The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DONALD J. KYLE and ROGER N. HINER __________ Appeal No. 1997-01001 2 Application 08/167,051 __________ HEARD: October 12, 2000 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and GRIMES , Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. 1As a preliminary matter, we note that this appeal is related to appeals in Application Serial Nos. 08/302,988 and 08/359,642 (Appeal Nos. 1997-1309 and 1997- 2518), also heard on October 12, 2000. We have considered the three appeals together. 2Application for patent filed December 16, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007