The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GIAN LUIGI RIGOSI and ROBERTO MARZOLA __________ Appeal No. 2000-0019 Application 08/977,451 __________ HEARD: JANUARY 10, 2002 __________ Before JEFFREY T. SMITH, PAWLIKOWSKI and MOORE Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 6, all the claims pending in this application. Claims 7 through 16 are presented to this merits panel in a related appeal.1 1 Appeal No. 2000-1805, USSN 09/089,419.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007