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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PATRICK HENGL __________ Appeal No. 97-4406 Application No. 08/436,2551 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 2, 14, 15 and 26. Claims 5 and 16-25 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non- elected species (Paper No. 7). Claims 3, 4, 6-13 and 27-29 have 1Application for patent filed May 15, 1995. According to appellant, this application is the national stage application of PCT/FR93/01107, filed November 13, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007