The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JEAN-MARC AURIOL, PHILIPPE BORNES and SYLVAIN GUERIN ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1473 Application No. 08/765,169 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection of claims 14 to 16. Claims 1 to 13 and 17 to 23, the only other claims pending in this application, have been allowed.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007