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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WAYNE R. MATSON __________ Appeal No. 1996-3409 Application 08/092,5431 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges and McKELVEY Senior Administrative Patent Judge. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Application for patent filed Aug. 16, 1993. According to appellant, this application is a continuation of application 07/643,541, filed Jan. 18, 1991, which is 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 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 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