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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 67 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DAVID E. WELSH and OLIVER L. SIMS _____________ Appeal No. 96-0706 Application 08/185,7561 ______________ HEARD: September 18, 1997 _______________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and LYDDANE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL David E. Welsh and Oliver L. Sims, appellants, appeal from the final rejection of claims 23 through 40 under the provisions 1 Application for patent filed January 24, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/643,170, filed January 22, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of 06/804,339, filed December 5, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application 06/537,113, filed September 29, 1983, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007