Ex parte TSAI et al. - Page 1




                    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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
          Ex parte JOHN TSAI, PETER T. TRZASKO, MICHAEL T. PHILBIN,                   
          ROBERT L. BILLMERS, MARTIN M. TESSLER,                                      
          JOSEPH A. VAN GOMPEL and MORTON W.                                          
          RUTENBERG                                                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1996-2738                                  
                               Application 08/252,5011                                
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before JOHN D. SMITH, WALTZ, and ROBINSON, Administrative                   
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



               1Application for patent filed June 1, 1994. According to               
          appellant’s, the application is a division of Application                   
          08/004,161, filed January 11, 1993, now U.S. Patent no.                     
          5,349,089, issued September 20, 1994; which is a division of                
          Application 07/683,483, filed April 9, 1991, now U.S. Patent                
          no. 5,227,481, issued July 13, 1993; which is a continuation                
          of Application 07/516,024, filed April 27, 1990, now                        
          abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application                   
          07/376,779, filed July 7, 1989, now abandoned.                              
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