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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte FREDERICK M. STEFANSKY, RICHARD B. BALSLEY JR., ROBERT E. YATES and STEVEN R. SPECKMANN __________ Appeal No. 1998-0204 Application 08/501,542 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec- tion of claims 1 through 15 and 18 through 22, all claims 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007