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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CARL N. BARON, STEPHEN L. MERKEL, and ROBERT C. HALL ____________ Appeal No. 96-0417 Application No. 07/951,3081 ____________ HEARD: July 13, 1999 ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 33 through 47, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND 1Application for patent filed September 24, 1992. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/791,151, filed November 13, 1991, now abandoned; which is a division of Application 07/367,388, filed June 16, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,065,695.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007