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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GIAN L. RIGOSI, ROBERTO MARZOLA, GIAN P. GUIDETTI, DINO BACCI, and GEORGES ASPERTI __________ Appeal No. 96-1501 Application 08/172,5171 __________ HEARD: Sep. 18, 1997 __________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and LYDDANE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. LYDDANE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1 through 6, which are all of the claims pending in the application. Application for patent filed December 21, 1993.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007