The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MICHAEL E. RORABAUGH, DARRYL F. GARRIGUS and JURIS VERZEMNIEKS _____________ Appeal 1998-0186 Application 08/464,1491 ______________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges. SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge. Applicants appeal from the final rejection of claims 20-32. We have jurisdiction pursuant ot 35 U.S.C. § 134. 1 Application for patent filed 5 June 1995. The application on appeal is based on a division of application 08/209,847, filed 11 March 1994, which is a continuation in part of application 08/040,217, filed 1 April 1993, which is a continuation in part of application 07/945,191, filed 15 September 1992. .Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007