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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KENNETH E. VOSS, BULENT O. YAVUZ, ROBERT J. FARRAUTO and MICHAEL P. GALLIGAN __________ Appeal No. 1997-3094 Application 08/405,2791 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before GRON, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of 1Application for patent filed March 16, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a division of Application 08/247,531, filed May 23, 1994, now U.S. Patent no. 5,491,120, issued February 13, 1996, which is a continuation of Application 07/973,462, filed November 19, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007