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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JERRY J. WEERS and TIMOTHY J. O’BRIEN ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3673 Application No. 08/139,8931 ____________ 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 14-35. 1Application for patent filed October 19, 1993. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/031,062, filed March 12, 1993, now Patent No. 5,284,576, issued February 8, 1994; which is a continuation of Application No. 07/388,210, filed August 1, 1989.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007