THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WILLIAM R. LAFONTAINE, JR., PAUL A. MESCHER and CHARLES G. WOYCHIK _____________ Appeal No. 1998-1623 Application 08/433,6251 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. 1 Application for patent filed May 3, 1995, which is a division of Application 08/189,530, filed January 31, 1994. Application 08/189,530 resulted in Appeal No. 96-1846, which was decided by this panel, in which we affirmed-in-part the Examiner's decision. We note that we have different claims and facts before us on this appeal and thereby res judicata is not an issue. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007