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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RONALD S. BLOUGH, JERARD B. HOAGE and LARRY A. MESSER __________ Appeal No. 95-4025 Application 07/996,9681 ___________ HEARD: February 12, 1999 ___________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow 1Application for patent filed December 23, 1992. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/969,001, filed October 30, 1992; which is a division of Application 07/687,373, filed April 18, 1991, now Patent 5,194,144, issued March 16, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007