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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEPHEN A. DIBIASE, LARRY W. ARNDT, GREGORY M. STANSFIELD and LOUIS A. RENBAUM __________ Appeal No. 94-3371 Application 07/986,8781 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judges. WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2-7, 9-17 and 73, which are 1Application for patent filed December 4, 1992. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/659,411 filed March 11, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application PCT/US90/00815 filed February 21, 1990, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/470,431 filed January 24, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/319,011 filed March 3, 1989, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007