THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was
not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not
binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTOPHER J. PARKS and DEBORA R. MASSOUDA
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Appeal No. 1995-4675
Application No. 07/875,4521
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HEARD: March 11, 1999
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Before JOHN D. SMITH , GARRIS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent2
Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
1Application for patent filed April 29, 1992. According
to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of
Application No. 07/721,813 filed June 26, 1991, now abandoned.
2Weiffenbach, Administrative Patent Judge, who
participated in the oral hearing for this appeal, is now
retired. Therefore, John D. Smith, Administrative Patent
Judge, has been added to the panel for participation in the
subject decision. Legal support for adding a panel member
without requiring reargument can be found in In re Bose Corp.,
772 F.2d 866, 869, 227 USPQ 1, 4 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
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