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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROBERT M. PORTER and MICHAEL L. MUELLER ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3126 Application No. 08/300,5861 ____________ HEARD: January 10, 2000 ____________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2, 3, 5, 8 through 10, 12, 21 through 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 38, and 52 through 55. Claims 1, 4, 6, 7, 1Application for patent filed September 2, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/098,356, filed July 30, 1993, now abandoned; which is a National stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT/US92/00844, filed January 30, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007