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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TEDDIE G. WATSON and JEFFREY L. ORTH ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3003 Application No. 08/589,6211 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Application for patent filed January 22, 1996. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/910,635, filed July 8, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,485,697, which was a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/837,662, filed February 14, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,237,771, which was a continuation of Application No. 07/715,730, filed June 17, 1991, now abandoned, which was a continuation of Application No. 07/587,251, filed September 24, 1990, now abandoned, which was a continuation of Application No. 07/354,917, filed May 22, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 4,960,437.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007