The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DERICK J. WRISTERS, ROBERT DAWSON, H. JIM FULFORD, JR., MARK I. GARDNER, FREDERICK N. HAUSE, MARK W. MICHAEL, and BRADLEY T. MOORE _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1517 Application No. 08/837,523 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before BARRETT, LALL, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges LALL, 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 1 through 30.1 Claims 31 through 35 have been canceled. An amendment after final rejection was filed as paper no. 9, however1 its entry was refused by the examiner (see paper no. 10). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007