The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 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. 1997-25181 Application 08/359,6422 __________ HEARD: October 12, 2000 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and GRIMES , Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. 1 As a preliminary matter, we note that this appeal is related to appeals in Application Serial Nos. 08/167,051 and 08/302,988 (Appeal Nos. 1997-0100 and 1997- 1309), also heard on October 12, 2000. We have considered the three appeals together. 2 Application for patent filed December 20, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007