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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN D. HOTTOVY, FREDERICK C. LAWRENCE and NELSON T. BLACK ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3975 Application No. 08/328,1791 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, WALTZ and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed October 24, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a division of Application No. 08/014,934 filed February 8, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,387,659 issued February 7, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007