The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROLAND JOSEPH BYDLON and DOUGLAS DAVID HANSEL ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0652 Application No. 08/868,774 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 4 to 12, 25, 26 and 29 to 31, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007