The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte A. LANE KEITH, GARY G. MASSENGALE, JOHN T. RIDDLE and RONALD B. ROTH ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0396 Application No. 08/331,280 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-9 and 11-18. Claims 2, 3, 10, 24 and 34-42, which are all of the other claims in the application, stand allowable. THE INVENTIONPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007