The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MARK HILLIS, CLIFFORD R. PERRY, and CHERYL M. REILAND _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0402 Application No. 08/567,385 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and COHEN and STAAB, 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 8, 14, 18-20, 22-25 and 28. Claims 26 and 27, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been allowed. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007