The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KATHERINE C. HORTON and MARK C. ROGERS __________ Appeal No. 1998-0999 Application 08/452,737 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KIMLIN, PAK, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 13 and 21 through 23, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. Claim 1 was amended subsequent 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007