The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte VINCENZO VASSAROTTI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2581 Application No. 08/472,965 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, WALTZ, and SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from oen the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14 and 16 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendments dated Feb. 13, 1997, Paper No. 10, and Mar. 11, 1997, Paper No. 13, entered as per the Advisory Actions dated Feb. 27, 1997, Paper No. 12, and Mar. 20, 1997, Paper No. 14, respectively). The remaining claims pending in this application are claims 9 and 10, indicated as allowed by thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007