The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MAURICE VAN HALL, DAVID I. MIDDLETON, HENRI SCHWEGMAN, JAMES L. McMILLAN, and IAN BARRETT ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0178 Application No. 08/658,849 ____________ ON BRIEF 1 ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 10. These claims constitute all of the claims in the application. 1The hearing set for March 6, 2000 was waived by appellants (Paper No. 21).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007