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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TIMOTHY D. SMYTHE, JR. _____________ Appeal No. 97-3218 Application 08/541,947 1 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before COHEN, NASE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claim 1, as amended subsequent to the final rejection (Paper Application for patent filed October 10, 1995. According to1 appellant, this application is a continuation-in-part of application 08/505,797, filed July 21, 1995, now U.S. Patent No. 5,644,892, issued July 8, 1997. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007