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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEFFREY L. HILL, GREGORY S. HILL and ROBERT J. BRETL _____________ Appeal No. 96-2712 Application 08/313,548 1 ______________ HEARD: June 8, 1998 _______________ Before COHEN, MEISTER and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5, 9 through 12, 19 and 20. Application for patent filed September 23, 1994. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of application 08/036,436, filed March 24, 1993, which is a continuation-in-part of application 08/019,865, filed February 19, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007