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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD MASKELL __________ Appeal No. 97-4165 Application 08/596,5531 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-5, which constitute all of the claims of record in the application. 1Application for patent filed February 5, 1996. According to appellant, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/223,724, filed April 6, 1994, now Patent No. 5,491,957, issued February 20, 1996. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007