THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte GHEORGHE S. STAN, and JOHANNUS L. BAKX __________________ Appeal No. 1998-0591 Application 08/538,5171 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims 12-20 and 22- 31. Claims 12 and 19 are independent claims. References relied on by the Examiner Syracuse Patent No. 4,750,059 June 7, 1988 The Rejections on Appeal 1 Application for patent filed October 3, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007