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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte FORREST M. BIRD ________________ Appeal No. 95-3184 Application 07/981,9101 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Application for patent filed November 23, 1992. According to appellant, the application is a continuation of Application 07/400,730, filed August 30, 1989, now abandoned, which is a division of Application 07/145,734, filed January 14, 1988, now U.S. Patent No. 5,007,420, issued April 16, 1991, which is a continuation of Application 06/671,491, filed November 14, 1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/516,133, filed July 21, 1983, now U.S. Patent No. 4,592,349, issued June 3, 1986, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/291,622, filed August 10, 1981, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/261,929, filed Apr. 3, 1981, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/250,586, filed April 3, 1981, now abandoned. The appellant may wish to review the foregoing parent application data which is set forth on page 1 of the specification since it would appear that the reference to Application 06/261,929 instead should be to Application 06/261,629. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007