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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte EUGENE K. ACHTER, DIRK APPEL, DAVID H. FINE, FREEMAN W. FRAIM and STEPHEN J. MACDONALD ________________ Appeal No. 96-0760 Application No. 08/051,2101 ________________ HEARD: November 3, 1998 ________________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, KIMLIN and WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed April 22, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/890,863, filed June 1, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,352,611, issued October 4, 1994. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007