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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MARIUS HERT and PATRICE PERRET __________ Appeal No. 1997-1299 Application 08/393,746 ___________ HEARD: March 23, 2000 ___________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 2, 3 and 9-13 as amended after final rejection. Claims 4-7 stand objected to as being dependent from a rejected claim. Claims 1 and 8, which are the only other claims in the application, have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007