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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte STEPHEN M. NEUMANN ________________ Appeal No. 94-0539 Application 07/890,4561 ________________ HEARD: April 8, 1997 ________________ Before KIMLIN, WEIFFENBACH and WARREN, Administrative Patent 2 Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 12, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Application for patent filed May 29, 1992. 2Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) Thierstein participated in the oral hearing on April 8, 1997, but has since resigned. APJ Warren has been substituted on this merits panel. Compare In re Bose, 772 F.2d 866, 227 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1985). -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007