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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte BURLEIGH M. HUTCHINS, RANDALL B. RUBINSTEIN, BARRY T. HIXON and WILLIAM J. BUOTE ________________ Appeal No. 96-1808 Application 08/204,1191 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-8, 10-37 and 45-50, which are all of the claims 1Application for patent filed March 1, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 08/091,848, filed July 14, 1993, now abandoned. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007