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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOHN S. MATTIS, JAMES C. MILROY, PAUL VON DER LIPPE, GERALD L. SHIMIRAK, PAUL S. CHAN and SEBASTIANO SCARAMPI _____________ Appeal No. 96-0733 Application 08/173,8051 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed December 22, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 07/922,460, filed July 30, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,273,449, issued December 28, 1993, which is a division of Application 07/499,117, filed March 26, 1990, now U.S. Patent No. 5,153,988, issued October 13, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007