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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte PATRICK J. FRANZ, PHILIP D. BIEHL DAVID H. STRAAYER and ROBERT H. DODIER ________________ Appeal No. 1996-1385 Application 08/006,1391 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. 1 Application for patent filed January 19,1993. According to appellants this application is a continuation of 07/688,921, filed April 19, 1991 now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of 07/649,711 filed February 01, 1991, now United States Patent 5,189,403, issued February 23, 1993, which application is a continuation-in-part of 07/412,680, filed September 26, 1989, now United States Patent 5,124,689, issued June 23, 1992 and a continuation- in-part of 07/557,546, filed July 24, 1990; and a continuation-in-part of application 07/672,641, filed March 18, 1991. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007