The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FRANCISCUS W.A. DIRNE, VICTOR ZIEREN, BROESE VAN GROENOU, LEO-FRANCISCUS VAN OORSCHOT, PETER LASINSKI, MATHIJS DE JONGH and FREDDY ROOZEBOOM ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2283 Application No. 08/690,525 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-5 and 8-11. Claims 1, 6, and 7 have been canceled. An amendment filed May 7, 1997 after final rejection was approved for entry by the Examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007