Ex Parte MILLS et al - Page 1



           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           written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                              Ex parte KARL S. MILLS,                                 
                                 RICHARD C.A. OWEN,                                   
                                        and                                           
                                 MARK E. BONNELCKE                                    
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-2614                                  
                             Application No. 08/667,826                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                     ON BRIEF                                         
                                   _______________                                    
          Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-22, which are all of the claims pending in the present             
          application.  An amendment filed March 26, 1999 after final                 
          rejection, which corrected a typographical error in claim 20, was           
          approved for entry by the Examiner.                                         





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