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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DONALD L. WOOD _____________ Appeal No. 96-0405 Application No. 08/178,6681 ______________ HEARD: December 10, 1998 _______________ Before CALVERT, COHEN, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 23 1Application for patent filed January 7, 1994. According to Appellant this application is a continuation of Application No. 07/975,217, filed November 12, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,293,705, issued March 15, 1994; which is a continuation of Application No. 07/599,488, filed October 18, 1990, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/188,980, filed May 2, 1988, now U.S. Patent No. 4,794,712, issued January 3, 1989; which is a continuation of Application No. 06/800,663, filed November 22, 1985, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007