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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte VINCENT SAUVINET, JEAN BLETRY, MICHELINE BONNAUD and MAURICE TROUVE __________ Appeal No. 93-2172 Application 07/363,7581 __________ HEARD: June 11, 1997 __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WALTZ , Administrative Patent2 Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed July 10, 1989. According to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/821,365 filed January 22, 1986, now U.S. Patent No. 4,859,499 granted August 22, 1989. 2Administrative Patent Judge Waltz has been substituted for Administrative Patent Judge Thierstein who participated in the hearing but retired prior to the rendering of this decision. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007