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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MAHENDRA K. SHARMA __________ Appeal No. 1997-2376 Application 08/199,8631 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow 1Application for patent filed February 22, 1994. According to the appellant, the application is a division of Application 07/956,532, filed October 5, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,300,256, issued April 5, 1994; which is a division of Application 07/513,389, filed April 23, 1990, now U.S. Patent No. 5,153,029, issued October 6, 1992; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/392,759, filed August 11, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,204,022, issued April 20, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007