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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRED E. STANKE and RALPH M. D ANGELO __________ Appeal No. 97-1628 Application 08/442,6101 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Application for patent filed May 17, 1995. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 08/206,687, filed March 4, 1994, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application 08/018,642, filed February 17, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in- part of Application 07/810,772, filed December 17, 1991, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007