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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEVEN M. PENN, DAVID N. JONES and MICHAEL E. EMBREE __________ Appeal No. 1997-0068 Application 07/923,2781 ___________ HEARD: February 7, 2000 ___________ Before COHEN, McQUADE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Steven M. Penn et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 24 through 43, all of the claims pending in the 1Application for patent filed July 31, 1992. According to appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/905,069, filed June 24, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,260,009, issued November 9, 1993; which is continuation of Application 07/648,081, filed January 31, 1991, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007