The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte BRIAN H. DANIELSON and DAVID A. DYCHES ________________ Appeal No. 1998-0417 Application No. 08/682,419 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 6-8 and 13-23, all of the pending claims. The invention is directed to a computer implemented method and apparatus for determining whether -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007