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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PIETER J. VAN DER ZAAG, KLASS VEGTER, PETRUS H. ANTONIS and PIETER J. VAN DER VALK ____________ Appeal No. 96-4196 Application No. 08/239,0101 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 7, 10 through 13, 15 through 17, 19 through 25 and 28 through 30. Claims 31 and 32 are allowable over the art of record, and claims 8, 9, 14, 18, 26 and 27 would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the 1Application for patent filed May 5, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007