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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KENNETH ASSINK, MARK J. FEENSTRA and GERALD L. BOYER JR. ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0854 Application No. 08/292,8461 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed August 19, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 07/696,837, filed May 7, 1991; now abandoned; which is a division of Application No. 07/529,231, filed May 25, 1990, now U.S. Patent No. 5,018,957, issued May 28, 1991. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007