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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EDWARD K. DRISCOLL, ARTHUR R. NIGRO and THOMAS D. FILLIO __________ Appeal No. 1999-1498 Application 08/547,6041 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CALVERT, COHEN, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 22, 24 and 28 to 31, all the claims remaining in the application. 1Application for patent filed October 24, 1995. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/191,039, filed February 3, 1994, now Patent No. 5,490,723, issued February 13, 1996, which is a division of Application 08/080,310, filed June 24, 1993, now Patent No. 5,343,357, issued August 30, 1994, which is a division of Application 07/935,110, filed August 26, 1992, now Patent No. 5,247,427, issued September 21, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007