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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte THOMAS J. HERCEG, JAMES B. WILLIAMS, JR., EUGENE L. SMITH, and JOSEPH L. FILION __________ Appeal No. 98-1693 Application D-07/343,1821 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before FRANKFORT, KRASS, and WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed April 24, 1989. According to appellants, the application is a continuation-in- part of Application 07/164,365, filed March 4, 1988, now Patent No. 5,079,723. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007