Paper No. 21 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte JAMES A. HALE ______________ Appeal No. 96-1604 Application 08/272,9061 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before COHEN, LYDDANE and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. LYDDANE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 6 through 9, 13, 14, 22 and 23. Claims 17 through 20, which are the only other claims pending in the Application for patent filed July 8, 1994. According to appellant1 this application is a continuation of Application 08/056,954, filed May 3, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application 07/927,866, filed August 10, 1992, now Patent No. 5,244,108 issued September 14, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007