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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KELVIN T. HIGA, ROBERT W. GEDRIDGE, JR. RALPH KORENSTEIN, and STUART J.C. IRVINE _____________ Appeal No. 96-3475 Application 08/245,7751 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-13. Claims 1, 6, 7, and 13 are representative and are reproduced below: 1Application for patent filed May 18, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007