THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAN BERENDS and JURJEN J. DE JONG __________ Appeal No. 1999-0195 Application 08/507,424 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, PATE, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-8 and 14-16. Claims 9-13, the only other claims currently pending in the application, stand 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007