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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ROBERT L. METCALF and RICHARD L. LAMPMAN ________________ Appeal No. 94-2842 Application 07/882,3511 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of 1 Application for patent filed May 6, 1992. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/759,114, filed September 9, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/435,950, filed November 13, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/170,159, filed, March 18, 1988, now Patent No. 4,880,624, issued November 14, 1989. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007