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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STEFAN ETTER, BEAT STULZ, THOMAS NIETLISPACH, CHRISTIAN GILLIERON and CHRISTIAN MOY ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0709 Application No. 08/400,335 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 15-23. Claims 1-14 and 24-86, the only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn from further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected invention.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007