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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ORVILLE D. MEANS, ROBERT W. LECLAIR, and DAVID S. FURUNO __________ Appeal No. 96-4194 Application 08/239,7321 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 7 through 12 and 14 through 19. In an Amendment 1Application for patent filed May 9, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/959,700, filed October 13, 1992, now U.S. Patent 5,311,023, issued May 10, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007