The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOSEPHUS A. A. DEN OUDEN ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3619 Application No. 08/397,021 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 19, 21, and 22. Claims 7, 18, and 20 have been canceled. Claims 3, 6, 8, 10, and 12-17 have been indicated to be allowable by the Examiner subject to being rewritten independently of a rejected base claim. AnPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007