The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte JOHN CLARENCE ENDICOTT, STEVEN LESTER HALTER, STEVEN JAY MUNROE, ERIK EDWARD VOLDAL, and XIN XU Appeal No. 2000-1973 Application 08/890,9061 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1 Application for patent filed July 10, 1997, entitled "Object Encapsulation Protection Apparatus," which is a division of Application 08/336,581, filed November 9, 1994, now U.S Patent 5,742,826, issued April 21, 1998. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007