The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JACK FOLEY, JOHN CHAPMAN and LUDWIG WOLF JR. __________ Appeal No. 1999-0331 Application No. 08/168,438 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 5 -7, 9, 14-17, 19, 20, 25-27, and 29-38, all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 31, 6, and 9 are representative of the claimed method and read as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007