Paper No. 46 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte TIMOTHY M. ROSE and A. GREGORY BRUCE ______________ Appeal No. 1995-4867 Application 07/993,4821 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges, and MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claim 31, the only claim pending in the application. Claim 31 reads as follows: Application for patent filed December 18, 1992. According to applicants, this application is a1 continuation of Application 07/750,710, filed August 20, 1991; which is a division of Application 07/264,098, filed October 28, 1988; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/240,768, filed September 2, 1988, which is a continuation-in-part of application 07/115,139, filed October 30, 1987, all abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007