The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 60 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MORAND LAMBLA, RAPHAEL MESTANZA SCHIL, DAR-JONG LIN, ERIC VANDEVIJVER and MARIE-PAULE COLLARD ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0522 Application No. 08/327,882 ____________ HEARD: October 25, 2001 ____________ Before PAK, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 3, 9 through 11 and 20. Claims 12 through 19 stand withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. Claim 21 has been indicated as allowed by the examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007