Paper No. 17 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte DOUGLAS J. HERST and UTKAN SALMAN ______________ Appeal No. 96-3201 Application 08/177,3991 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before URYNOWICZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 13, 18, 20 and 22-26. Claims 14-17, 19 and 21 have been indicated as containing allowable subject matter and stand Application for patent filed January 4, 1994. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/714,145, filed June 11, 1991, now Patent No. 5,276,597 issued January 4, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007