Paper No. 20 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte BRIAN BALODIS ______________ Appeal No. 1997-3706 Application 08/406,1081 _______________ HEARD: September 11, 1999 _______________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 5. Claims 6 to 10, the other claims in the application, stand Application for patent filed March 17, 1995. According to applicant,1 this application is a CIP of S.N. 07/934,289, filed 09/24/1992; which is a CON of S.N. 07/718,063, filed 06/20/1991. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007