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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 54 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BORIS FISHKIN, SEIJI SATO and ROBERT B. LOWRENCE ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0317 Application No. 08/312,4871 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McQUADE , NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.2 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING 1Application for patent filed September 26, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/972,659, filed November 6, 1992, now abandoned. 2Meister, Administrative Patent Judge, retired before this case was reached for rehearing. Legal support for substituting one Board member for another can be found in In re Bose Corp., 772 F.2d 866, 869, 227 USPQ 1, 4 (Fed. Cir. 1985).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007