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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TESSEMA D. SHIFFERAW __________ Appeal No. 98-2771 Application 08/428,8631 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 20, all the claims pending in the application. In the examiner’s answer, page 14, it is 1Application for patent filed April 25, 1995. According to appellant, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/088,191, filed July 6, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/912,552, filed July 13, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,277,675, issued January 11, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007