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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ALAN A. ALEXANDER, GARY W. ERICKSON and PAUL F. SCHMIDT __________ Appeal No. 1999-1825 Application 08/799,258 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Alan A. Alexander et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 19 through 28. The appellants have since canceled claims 15 and 16 and amended claims 19, 24, 25, 27 and 28. Thus, the appeal now involves claims 2, 5, 8, 10, 13 and 19 through 28, the only claims currently pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007