The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BERNARD GRINDATTO, ALEX JOURDAN and MARIE PRIN __________ Appeal No. 1997-2284 Application 08/278,107 ___________ HEARD: June 6, 2000 ___________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 2. Claims 3, 8, 9, 13-15, 18 and 19, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, have been indicated by the examiner as being allowable. THE INVENTION Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007