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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte JAMES V. CARTMELL, WAYNE R. STURTEVANT and MICHAEL L. WOLF ________________ Appeal No. 97-1029 Application 08/456,1661 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed May 31, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 08/144,003, filed November 1, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,695,456, issued December 9, 1997, which is a continuation- in-part of Application 07/862,456, filed April 2, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,429,589, issued July 4, 1995. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007