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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STEPHEN P. GIBSON, ALEXANDER GOUDIE, KELVIN S. HOLDOM and JOHN D. BU’LOCK ____________ Appeal No. 95-0576 Application 08/035,5461 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRON, Administrative Patent Judges. Application for patent filed March 23, 1993. According to1 applicants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/786,691, filed November 1, 1991, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application 07/142,888, filed January 11, 1988, now U.S. Patent 5,089,480, patented February 18, 1992; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/886,867, filed July 16, 1986, now abandoned. Applicants claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the July 27, 1985, August 9, 1985, April 24, 1986, and May 2, 1986, filing dates of United Kingdom Applications 8,518,999, 8,520,069, 8,610,063, and 8,610,862, respectively. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007