The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVEN M. FLORIO, JEFFREY P. BURRESS, CARL J. COLANGELO, EDWARD C. COUBLE, and MARK J. KAPECKAS __________ Appeal No. 1998-1616 Application No. 08/570,633 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-23, all the claims currently pending in the application. Appellants’ invention pertains to a process for 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007