Paper No. 23 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 A. WELLMAN, NED E. DAMMEYER and WALTER CONLEY, III ______________ Appeal No. 96-0949 Application 08/236,0911 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 21 through 30. Because pages 1, 5 Application for patent filed May 2, 1994. According to appellants,1 this application is a division of Application 07/682,284, filed April 9, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,343,145, issued August 30, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007