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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 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. 1997-13801 Application 08/301,508 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, McQUADE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Steven M. Penn et al. originally took this appeal from 1 Application for patent filed September 7, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/923,278, filed July 31, 1992; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/905,069, filed June 24, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,206,009, issued November 9, 1993; which is a continuation of Application 07/648,081, filed January 31, 1991, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007