The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEPHEN W. EASON et al. ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1258 Application No. 08/442,676 ____________ Heard: November 16, 2000 ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 17-29, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007