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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MAY TOM-MOY and CARL A. MYERHOLTZ ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1618 Application No. 07/876,8041 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WINTERS, SPIEGEL, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges. SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner finally rejecting claims 18 and 24 through 28 and refusing to allow claims 17, 22, 23 and 29 as 1Application for patent filed April 29, 1992. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of application 07/404,721 filed September 8, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in- part of application 07/251,149 filed September 29, 1988, now US Patent 5,130,257, issued July 14, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007