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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HOWARD W. LONG, Dec’d __________ Appeal No. 1997-2277 Application 08/462,8141 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and SPIEGEL Administrative Patent Judges, WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed Jun. 5, 1995. According to appellant, this application is a division of Application No. 07/655,675, filed Feb. 14, 1991 (now U.S. Patent No. 5,441,360), which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/284,744, filed Dec. 9, 1988 (abandoned), which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/149,686, filed Jan. 28, 1988 (abandoned). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007