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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte MARY R. HABLE, KAM W. LAW, CHRISTOPHER J. ZWETTLER, R. GALEN McCREA JR., DAVID P. SMITH and JEFFREY W. McCUTCHEON ________________ Appeal No. 1997-2686 Application 08/346,635 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-18, which constituted all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on June 10, 1996 and was -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007