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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte SCOTT R. SUMMERFELT, HOWARD R. BERATAN and BRUCE E. GNADE ________________ Appeal No. 1997-2026 Application 08/317,108 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before LALL, DIXON and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2 to 1 4, 10 to 15, 24, and 28 to 33, all the pending claims in the 1There were two amendments after the final rejection [paper nos. 29 and 32]. Both were denied entry by the Examiner [paper nos. 30 and 33]. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007