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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KLASS W. DE GROOT __________ Appeal No. 97-2222 Application 08/380,6611 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before COHEN, MEISTER, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. Meister, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12, 14, 15 and 17. Claims 13 and 16, the only other claims Application for patent filed January 30, 1995. According to appellant,1 this application is a divisional of application 08/045,875, filed April 15, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,391,114, issued February 21, 1995. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007