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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte CASEY K. LEE, ROBERT A. FARRIS, BRADLEY I. COATES and MICHAEL C. SHERMAN _____________ Appeal No. 1998-0169 Application 08/542,603 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and PATE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the Examiner's refusal to allow claims 1-6 and 36 as amended after final rejection. Claims 7- 29 were subject to restriction requirement and stand withdrawn from consideration. Claims 30-35 have been canceled. These 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007