THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARK T. JOHNSON, FREDDY ROOZEBOOM, and MARTINUS H.W.M. VAN DELDEN __________________ Appeal No. 1998-0593 Application 08/491,5111 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 2-12. Claim 1 has been canceled. No claim has been allowed. References relied on by the Examiner Kugimiya JP 56-22207 May 15, 1981 Watanabe 4,285,894 Aug. 25, 1981 Matsuzawa 4,841,400 Jun. 20, 1989 1 Application for patent filed June 16, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007