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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRANCES A. BOUFFARD and JAMES F. DROPINSKI and ROBERT A. ZAMBIAS ____________ Appeal No. 95-0976 Application No. 07/936,5581 ____________ HEARD: January 16, 1998 ____________ Before WINTERS, WEIFFENBACH, and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judges. WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner's decision finally rejecting claims 1-14. Claims 1 and 13 are illustrative of the subject matter and they read as follows: 1Application for patent filed September 3, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007