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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GEORGE A. SPIX, DIANE M. WENGELSKI, STUART W. HAWKINSON, MARK D. JOHNSON, JEREMIAH D. BURKE, KEITH J. THOMPSON, GREGORY G. GAERTNER, GIACOMO G. BRUSSINO, RICHARD E. HESSEL, DAVID M. BARKAI, STEVE S. CHEN, STEVEN G. OSLON, ROBERT E. STROUT II, JON A. MASAMITSU, DAVID M. COX, LINDA J. O'GARA, KELLY T. O'HAIR, DAVID A. SEBERGER, JAMES C. RASBOLD, TIMOTHY J. CRAMER, DON A. VAN DYKE, and ASHOK CHANDRAMOULI ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0760 Application No. 08/003,0001 ____________ HEARD: November 15, 1999 ____________ Before THOMAS, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Application for patent filed January 11, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a division of Application No. 07/537,466, filed June 11, 1990, now U.S. Patent No. 5,179,702, which is a continuation- in-part of Application No. 07/459,083, filed December 29, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,197,130.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007