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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRUCE MATTHEWS _____________ Appeal No. 98-0673 Application 08/723,3551 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 6-11 in the involved reissue application. The original patent contains claims 1-5. The Rejection on Appeal 1Reissue Application filed September 30, 1996, for Patent No. 5,435,388, filed August 17, 1994, which according to the appellant is a divisional application of Application 08/051,854, filed April 26, 1993, now Patent No. 5,361,840. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007