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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CARL R. MACKERER, TIMOTHY A. ROY and GARY R. BLACKBURN ____________ Appeal No. 96-2803 Application No. 08/255,5421 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 21, 22, 26, 27 and 29-33. 1Application for patent filed June 6, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/976,030, filed November 13, 1992, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007