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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEVEN D. SHAPIRO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3329 Application No. 08/396,9881 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claim 3, the only remaining pending claim. 1Application for patent filed March 1, 1995. According to appellant, this application is a divisional of Application 08/068,392, filed May 28, 1993, which is currently the subject of an appeal (Appeal No. 1995-2464) pending before this Board. We have considered the two appeals together.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007