THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte BAC V. PHAM __________________ Appeal No. 1998-0587 Application 08/385,2531 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims 1-32. Claims 1, 17 and 25 are independent claims. References relied on by the Examiner Squires et al. Patent No. 5,121,262 June 9, 1992 (Squires) Abbott et al. Patent No. 5,341,249 August 23, 1994 (Abbott) 1 Application for patent filed February 8, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007