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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MARK R. FUNK, STEVEN R. KUNKEL, MIKKO H. LIPASTI, BILHA MENDELSON, ROBERT R. ROEDIGER and WILLIAM J. SCHMIDT __________ Appeal No. 1998-1516 Application 08/420,540 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 20, all of the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007