THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KRISTEN L. PARKS, FRANK SANNS, JR., RICHARD W. MITESSER, MERLE W. LESKO, and RANDALL C. RAINS _____________ Appeal No. 1997-2072 Application No. 08/261,544 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before METZ, PAK, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 9 which are all of the claims pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007