Ex parte LAWRENCE et al. - Page 1




             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                       Ex parte MATTHEW LAWRENCE, RICHARD REGO                        
                              and EDWARD F. DOORLEY, III                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-1934                                 
                              Application No. 08/779,420                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1-11, 14 and 15.  Claims 12 and 13, the                 
          only other claims pending in the application, stand objected                
          to as being dependent on a rejected claim.                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       







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