The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARIUS HERT and PATRICE PERRET ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0268 Application No. 08/650,608 ____________ HEARD: October 24, 2001 ____________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 8 and 13, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward an article of manufacture comprising a specified thermoplastic composition. Claim 13 is illustrative:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007