THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte R. LARRY COMSTOCK, NAUM V. GITIS, and ROBERT L. SMITH __________________ Appeal No. 97-2035 Application 08/161,2341 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before BARRETT, JERRY SMITH and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-15. No claim has been allowed. References relied on by the Examiner Coughlin et al. 4,700,248 Oct. 13, 1987 (Coughlin) Kubo et al. (Kubo) 5,198,934 Mar. 30, 1993 1 Application for patent filed December 2, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007