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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte FRANK DERUYCK, and WILFRIED COPPENS _____________ Appeal No. 1996-2928 Application 08/313,727 ______________ HEARD: MAY 1, 2000 _______________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 5, 6, 8 through 12, 14 through 17, and 19 through 23 which are all the claims remaining in the application.1 1Claim 23 is inadvertently omitted from Appellants’ Brief. See Notice of Appeal filed April 18, 1995 which included claim 23. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007