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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN C. NEWKIRK, LARRY D. ROSE, DONALD R. LAURITZEN, MICHAEL J. RAVENBERG, MARK A. THOMPSON, DAVID J. GREEN and TERRY R. DAVIS ____________ Appeal No. 98-0680 Application No. 08/685,1601 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, PATE and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed July 23, 1996. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/280,894 filed July 27, 1994, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/993,277 filed December 18, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,470,105 issued November 28, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007