THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MATTHEW S. GEBHARD and ETHAN S. SIMON _____________ Appeal No. 1996-3867 Application No. 08/153,239 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge, MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 12 which are all of the claims pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007