The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JACOB FRANK DE GROOT and LARS HANSEN ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1078 Application No. 08/750,910 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, 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 3 and 7. Claims 4 to 6, 8 and 9 have been allowed. No claim has been canceled. We REVERSE. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007