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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOHN C. BEER, MARK T. BOWMAN, GEORGIA A. GIBSON and JULIETA K. YAMAKAWA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-1199 Application No. 08/309,366 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 1 1An amendment after the final rejection was filed (paper no. 5) and was approved for entry (paper no. 7). As a result, the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, was withdrawn. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007