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The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte ROBERT C. PAULSEN, Jr. and MICHAEL J. MARTINO Appeal No. 2000-0810 Application 08/699,4121 ON BRIEF Before LEE, GARDNER-LANE 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 1-20. References relied on by the Examiner Kucera et al. 4,773,009 Sep. 20, 1988 (Kucera) Ejiri 5,182,708 Jan. 26, 1993 1 Application for patent filed August 19, 1996. The real party in interest is International Business Machines Corporation.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007