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The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte VICTOR M. DACOSTA, and ALAN G. LEWIS __________________ Appeal No. 1998-3044 Application 08/458,5391 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before SCHAFER, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and LEE and MEDLEY, 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 1-12. No claim has been allowed. The real party in interest is Xerox Corporation. References relied on by the Examiner Hatada et al. (Hatada) 4,766,426 Aug. 23, 1988 Duwaer 4,922,240 May 01, 1990 Fukuda 5,162,786 Nov. 10, 1992 Ishimaru 5,532,718 July 02, 1996 1 Application for patent filed June 02, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007