The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GILLES BERGE, JEAN-PIERRE EUSTACHE and JEAN-LOUIS ROUMEGOUX ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0607 Application No. 08/506,857 ____________ HEARD: August 16, 2000 ____________ Before CALVERT, McQUADE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1-5, which are all of the claims pending in this application. The examiner has refused entry of an amendment (Paper No. 10) filed March 12, 1997 after the final rejection (see Paper No. 11). An amendment to the specification (Paper No. 13) filed July 17, 1997 has been entered.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007