THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PATRICIA C. GAGNE and CAROL M. PUTERKO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2708 Application No. 08/337,204 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 28 through 31, 33 through 38, 70, 72 through 75, 78 through 80, 83, 84, 88 through 92, 117, 118, 141 through 150, and 157, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Appellants' invention relates to a method and system for the automatic identification of a fingerprint image. In thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007