The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HORMAZDYAR M. DALAL, ALEXIS BITAILLOU, KENNETH M. FALLON, GENE J. GAUDENZI, KENNETH R. HERMAN, FREDERIC PIERRE, and GEORGES ROBERT __________ Appeal No. 1998-3033 Application No. 08/794,982 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 23 1 through 39. 1A proposed amendment after final rejection (paper number 13) was denied entry by the examiner (paper number 14). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007