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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD P. PALESTRO, DALE R. MORGAN, MICHAEL D. ISEMAN and DONALD P. ROSIER __________ Appeal No. 1996-3042 Application 08/293,1531 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before METZ, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-9, which are all of the claims remaining in the 1Application for patent filed August 18, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/087,178, filed July 2, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/960,085, filed October 9, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007