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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WILLIAM P. SCHMIDT and FRANKLIN D. HUTCHINSON __________ Appeal No. 96-1419 Application 08/081,971 1 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 9 and 12. No other claims are Application for patent filed June 23, 1993. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/843,508, filed February 28, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,301,916, issued April 12, 1994, which is a continuation-in- part of Application 07/419,213, filed October 10, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,106,049, issued April 21, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007