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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DENNIS R. HOLLARS, DELBERT F. WALTRIP, ROBERT B. ZUBECK, JOSEF BONIGUT, ROBERT M. SMITH and GARY L. PAYNE __________ Appeal No. 1997-3172 Application 08/045,989 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WINTERS, OWENS and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 6, 7 and 12-15 as amended after final rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007