The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. _______________ Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte FREDERIC BOUTARD and PETER N. EHLIG Appeal No. 1998-0049 Application 08/289,0281 ON BRIEF Before MARTIN, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed August 10, 1994, entitled1 "A Data Processing Device With Mask And Status Bits For Selecting A Set Of Status Conditions," which is a division of Application 07/967,942, filed October 28, 1992, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007