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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHARLES R. SLATER, MATTHEW A. PALMER, and PETER KRATSCH __________ Appeal No. 97-2486 Application 08/308,9831 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, MEISTER and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. 1Application for patent filed September 19, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 08/107,454, filed August 17, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,396,900; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/922,023, filed July 28, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,331,971; which is a continuation of Application 07/680,392, filed April 4, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,192,298; and a continuation-in-part of Application 07/978,249, filed November 18, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,395,375; and a continuation- in-part of Application 08/016,595, filed February 11, 1993, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007