The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARC VAN DEN ZEGEL, JAN CLAES, and JEAN-MARIE DEWANCKELE1 ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1834 Application No. 08/267,5272 ____________ HEARD: October 23, 2000 ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, LIEBERMAN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1-8. Claims 9 and 10, the only other claims in the application, stand withdrawn as directed to a non- elected invention. 1The real party in interest is Agfa-Gevaert. 2Application for patent filed June 29, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007