not not Paper No. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PHILIP G. PERRY, GENE W. O’DELL, and WILLIAM G. HERBERT ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0764 Application No. 08/517,512 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL THE INVENTION THE CLAIM THE REFERENCES OF RECORD As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references: Nakazawa et al. (Nakazawa) 5,186,477 Feb. 16,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007