The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte BRIAN D. BERG, RANDY McGEE, MICHAEL L. SWABB, and JEFFERSON ALLAN _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0475 Application No. 08/402,031 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 32. In an amendment filed December 8, 1997 after final rejection, which was entered by the Examiner, claims 1, 4, 5,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007