The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte GREGORY NORMAN BROWN, RAYMOND RAULFS GANSLEY, MICHAEL LYN MENGEL and ELI GAL _______________ Appeal No. 2001-0370 Application No. 08/978,991 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, KRATZ, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1-8, 10-13 and 18, which are all of the claims in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007