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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DIRKJAN BAKKER, JOHANNES J. GROTE, and CLEMENS A. VAN BLITTERSWIJK ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0975 Application No. 08/389,3031 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 41-48 and 52-59. Claims 49-51, which are all of the 1 Application for patent filed February 16, 1995. According to appellants, this application is a division of Application 08/089,854, filed July 12, 1993; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/907,674, filed July 2, 1992, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/479,197, filed February 13, 1990, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/240,810, filed September 2, 1988, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007