The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROGER JOSEPH GOULET, PETER MICHAEL RAMSDEN, JERAULD LEE DICKERSON and SUSAN RAMILO WILLIAMS __________ Appeal No. 1999-2423 Application 08/825,204 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before GARRIS, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 15-17. Claims 18-21, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand objected to as being dependent from a rejected claim but allowable if rewritten in independent form. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007