Paper No. 22 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAMELA H. MARTIN, WILLIAM J. KAUFFMAN AND BRUCE F. DIETRICH ______________ Appeal No. 96-3723 Application 08/136,939 1 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before RONALD H. SMITH, HANLON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. RONALD H. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge . DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12, 21 and 22, all the pending claims in the application. Application for patent filed October 18, 1993. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/500,552, filed March 28, 1990, now Patent No. 5,256,465, issued October 26, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007