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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FRED Y. BRANDON, ROBERT A. CHRISTIANSEN, CURTIS R. DROEGE, LAWRENCE R. STEWARD, and GARY R. WILLIAMS ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1595 Application No. 08/439,912 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 15-19 and 21. Claims 1-14 and 20 have been indicated by the examiner as allowable, and claim 22 is objected to as being dependent upon rejected claim 21. We AFFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007