THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN WITH PUBLICATION IN MIND AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TRANS TEXAS HOLDINGS CORP.1 _____________ Appeal No. 2005-2642 Reexamination Control No. 90/005,841 Patent 5,832,4612 ______________ HEARD: January 24, 2006 _______________ Before MARTIN, BLANKENSHIP, and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1 Trans Texas Holdings Corp. is the owner of the patent under reexamination. The inventors named in the patent are Tomás Leon and Lewis J. Spellman. 2 The ‘461 patent issued based on Application 07/780,834, filed October 23, 1991, which purports to be a continuation of 07/187,054, filed April 27, 1988 (abandoned), which is identified as a continuation of 06/770,493, filed August 27, 1985 (now Patent 4,742,457).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007