The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GEERT LIEVENS ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0534 Application No. 08/929,543 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 5, 7, 8 and 20 to 23. Claims 11 to 13, 15 to 19 and 27 to 30 have been allowed. Claims 6, 9 and 24 to 26 have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. Clams 10, 14, 31 and 32 have been canceled. We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007