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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PETER S. FORGIONE, RAM B. GUPTA, LAWRENCE A. FLOOD and DONALD H. VALENTINE ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2196 Application No. 08/138,581 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, ROBINSON, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-37, which are all of the claims in the application. THE INVENTIONPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007