The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN L. BECK, JEFFREY F. BOIGENZAHN, DARRELL E. BRATVOLD, CHARLES A. BROWN, LUKE A. COSSETTE, DALE C. GOEKE, MICHAEL S. GOOD, DALE E. GOODMAN, RICHARD E. LAGERGREN, GREGORY A. LYONS, BRIAN L. RAPPEL, JAMES M. RIGOTTI, DANIEL C. STUCKY, LYLE R. TUFTY, and HERMAN R. WENDT ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1465 Application No. 08/445,926 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 through 10. Claims 3, 5, 7, 11 through 15, and 26 through 34 have been canceled, and claims 16 through 25 have been withdrawn from consideration as being drawn to a nonelected invention.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007