The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROLAND GEVAUD and GILLES BARET ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1872 Application No. 08/568,285 ____________ HEARD: JANUARY 10, 2001 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-5, which are all the claims in the application. We affirm-in-part.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007