The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte PAULUS S. R. KOSTER __________ Appeal No. 1998-2047 Application No. 08/400,559 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, 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 26, 29, 30, and 33, all of the claims pending in the application. Claims 26 and 33 are representative of the claimed invention and read as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007