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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOHN TSAI, PETER T. TRZASKO, MICHAEL T. PHILBIN, ROBERT L. BILLMERS, MARTIN M. TESSLER, JOSEPH A. VAN GOMPEL and MORTON W. RUTENBERG __________ Appeal No. 1996-2738 Application 08/252,5011 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WALTZ, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Application for patent filed June 1, 1994. According to appellant’s, the application is a division of Application 08/004,161, filed January 11, 1993, now U.S. Patent no. 5,349,089, issued September 20, 1994; which is a division of Application 07/683,483, filed April 9, 1991, now U.S. Patent no. 5,227,481, issued July 13, 1993; which is a continuation of Application 07/516,024, filed April 27, 1990, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/376,779, filed July 7, 1989, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007