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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte EDWARD E. JAFFE and MARTIN TANNER ________________ Appeal No. 96-0700 Application No. 08/153,5501 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 14 and 15. Claims 4-13, the other claims in the present application, have been allowed by the examiner. A copy of illustrative claim 1 is appended to this decision. 1Application for patent filed November 16, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 07/924, 208, filed August 3, 1992; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/737,799, filed July 26, 1991; which is a continuation of Application No. 07/520,487, filed May 8, 1990, all abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007