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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES C. JOSEPH, MICHAEL A. PIKULIN, and WILLIAM H. FRIEND ____________ Appeal No. 94-4357 Application No. 07/739,0501 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Joseph et al. (appellants) appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 11, 13 through 20, 33 through 44 and 46 through 54, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Claim 8 was amended subsequent to the final rejection. 1Application for patent filed August 1, 1991.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007