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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WAYNE R. MATSON __________ Appeal No. 1996-22401 Application 08/105,482 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges and McKELVEY Senior Administrative Patent Judge. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. 1 Application for patent filed Aug. 12, 1993. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of application 07/649,676, filed Feb. 1, 1991, which is a continuation-in-part of application application 07/643,541, filed Jan. 18, 1991, and a continuation-in-part of application 07/274,505 filed Nov. 21, 1988, now U.S. patent no. 5,104,639, issued, Apr. 14, 1992, which is a divisional of application 06/797,615, filed Nov. 13, 1985, now U.S. patent no. 4,863,873, issued Sep. 5, 1989, which is a continuation-in-part of application 06/670,483, filed Nov. 13, 1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation- in-part of application 06/579,401, filed Feb. 17, 1984, now U.S. patent no. 4,511,659, issued Apr. 16, 1985, which is a continuation-in-part of application 06/472,387 filed Mar. 4, 1983, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application 06/425,183, filed Sep. 28, 1982, now abandoned, which is a continuation- in-part of application 06/111,917 filed Jan. 14, 1980, now U.S. patent no. 4,404,065, issued Sep. 13, 1983. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007