Paper No. 9 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DURWARD I. FARIES, JR., BRUCE R. HEYMANN and MARK LICATA ______________ Appeal No. 97-3002 Application 08/529,4771 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before MEISTER, MCQUADE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-11, the only claims remaining in the application. 1Application for patent filed September 18, 1995. According to appellants, this application is a continuation-in- part of Application 08/399,976, filed March 7, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/274,869, filed July 14, 1994, now Patent No. 5,400,616, issued March 28, 1995; which is a division of Application 08/125,279, filed September 23, 1993, now Patent No. 5,331,820, issued July 26, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007