The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BAVO MUYS, DIRK QUINTENS, JOZEF BOEYKENS, ETIENNE VAN THILLO, and GEERT DEFIEUW __________ Appeal No. 1997-1922 Application No. 08/356,573 __________ HEARD: Oct. 26, 2000 __________ Before KIMLIN, KRATZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 12, all of the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007