The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte MARCO SUCCI and CAROLINA SOLCIA ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2002 Application 08/690,016 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before GARRIS, HANLON and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 33-40 and 42-57, all of the claims pending in the application. The claims on appeal are1 1Claims 41 and 58 were also finally rejected. However, those claims were canceled in an Amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116(a). Paper No. 22. That amendment was entered by the examiner. See Paper No. 23 (“Upon the filing of an appeal, the proposed amendment will be entered.”). Therefore, the -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007