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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS A. CROWELL, J. JEFFRY HOWBERT and JOHN S. WARD ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0721 Application No. 08/036,6401 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, HANLON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 14 through 26 and 28, which are all of the claims pending in the application. 1Application for patent filed March 24, 1993. According to the appellants, the application is a division of Application No. 07/554,218, filed July 17, 1990, now Patent No. 5,216,026, issued on June 6, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007