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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DANIEL C. DUAN, JAMES S. STEFELY, DAVID W. SCHULTZ, and CHESTER L. LEACH __________ Appeal No. 97-2174 Application 08/214,7631 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, GARRIS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed March 16, 1994. According1 to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/032,605, filed March 17, 1993, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007