The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ALEXANDRE PIMENTA, CLAUDENE PARAVELA, JR., DELCIO PRIZON, GERALDO ZANAROTTI and LELLIS CAMPOS ________________ Appeal No. 1998-3380 Application 08/542,591 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before FLEMING, LALL and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-19, which constitute all the claims in the application. 1 1An amendment after the final rejection was filed as Paper No. 9, however it made no changes to the claims on -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007