Ex parte STEIJER et al. - Page 1






           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.           
                                                                 Paper No. 28         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                Ex parte ODD STEIJER, CHRISTER MOLL, BENGT LINDSTROM,                 
                 CHRISTIAN VIEIDER, PAUL ERIKSEN, JAN-AKE ENGSTRAND,                  
                           OLLE LARSSON and HAKAN ELDERSTIG                           
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-0887                                 
                              Application No. 08/848,238                              
                                     ____________                                     
                               HEARD: December 12, 2001                               
                                     ____________                                     
          Before BARRETT, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                
          the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-17 and 20-31 .1                    
          Claims 18 and 19 have been indicated to be allowable if                     
          written in independent form.                                                

               1The rejection of claims 2 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second        
          paragraph, has been withdrawn by the examiner in view of the amendment (Paper
          No. 15, filed May 6, 1999) filed subsequent to the final rejection (answer, 
          page 2).                                                                    





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