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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN R. HURLOCK and MANIAN RAMESH ____________ Appeal No. 96-1952 Application No. 08/163,7781 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, WALTZ, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 5 as amended after the final rejection (see the Advisory Action dated June 7, 1995, Paper No. 8, and the amendment dated May 22, 1995, 1Application for patent filed December 9, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007