The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JEAN-BERNARD DE DOMPIERRE and ULRICH SCHWAGER ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0257 Application No. 08/927,412 ____________ HEARD: May 8, 2001 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, 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 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14 and 16 to 23, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 We REVERSE. 1Claims 14, 16 and 17 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007