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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MATTHEW A. HOWARD, MARK MAYBERG, SEAN GRADY, ROGERS C. RITTER and GEORGE T. GILLIES ____________ Appeal No. 96-0022 Application 08/096,2141 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 39, 42, 43 and 44. Claims 1-38 have been canceled, Application for patent filed July 19, 1993. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/904,032 filed June 25, 1992, now abandoned, which is a division of Application 07/463,340 filed January 10, 1990, now Patent No. 5,125,888. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007