The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KIRT M. BABUDER, THOMAS M. BENDER, DOUGLAS A. JOSEPH and L. JOSEPH STUPICA ________________ Appeal No. 1998-0331 Application No. 08/297,257 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and ABRAMS and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 12 and 14, which are the only claims pending in this application.1 1The claims were amended subsequent to the final (continued...) -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007