The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM C. DODT, JERRY L. DONZE, JOHN C. OWENS, BRIAN P. EGAN, RALPH L. BUTTS, and DONALD R. SCHENCK ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2017 Application No. 08/802,216 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before BARRETT, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of Claims 13-24, which are all the claims remaining in the application. We reverse. 1Appellants waived oral hearing in the fax communication filed October 3, 2000 (Paper No. 34).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007