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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICCARDO BALLONI, MICHAEL T. HEFFELFINGER, MARK W. LOCKHART, ROBERT G. PEET and EILEEN A. STETTER __________ Appeal No. 96-3690 Application 08/2345161 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judges. WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 14-19, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. We affirm. The Claimed Subject Matter Application for patent filed April 28, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation1 of Application 07/947,231 filed September 18, 1992, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007