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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHARLES R. SPERRY, LAURENCE B. SPERRY, CRAIG E. ROBERT, MICHAEL J. SECKLER, BRIAN K. FARISON and ABRAHAM N. REICHENTAL __________ Appeal No. 97-2491 Application 08/514,0101 ___________ HEARD: April 9, 1999 ___________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 33, 34 and 36-50, all the claims then pending in the application. Subsequent to the final rejection, appellants filed an 1Application for patent filed August 11, 1995. According to the appellant, the application is a continuation of Application 08/121,751, filed September 15, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/843,609, filed February 28, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007