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The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte ZINE-EDDINE BOUTAGHOU __________________ Appeal No. 98-0592 Application 08/463,1681 ________________ 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 claims 13-15. Claims 1-12 and 16- 27 have been canceled. No claim has been allowed. The real party in interest is International Business Machines Corporation. References relied on by the Examiner Elliot et al. (Elliot) 5,251,082 October 5, 1993 1 Application for patent filed June 5, 1995. According to the appellant, it is a division of application 08/321,935, filed October 12, 1994,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007