Ex parte STURM et al. - Page 1




                                    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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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 LILLIAN P. STURM and KURT D. SALOMON                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 97-3187                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 07/999,4221                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                     HEARD: September 16, 1997                                                                          
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before CALVERT, COHEN, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     




                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This appeal was taken from the examiner's final rejection                                                                     
                 (Paper No. 18, mailed November 13, 1995) of claims 1 through 6                                                                         


                          1Application for reissue patent filed December 31, 1992.                                                                      
                 According to the appellants, the application is a reissue of                                                                           
                 U.S. Patent No. 4,981,095 (Application No. 07/470,974, filed                                                                           
                 January 26, 1990), which was a continuation of Application No.                                                                         
                 07/321,720, filed March 10, 1989, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                  
                 4,901,661.                                                                                                                             





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