Ex parte BRANDON et al. - Page 1




                          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                                        (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.                                                                                









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