The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOSE M. PIRIZ and SIDNEY A. DAVID ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0325 Application No. 08/914,365 ____________ HEARD: December 13, 2001 ____________ Before FLEMING, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-12. We vacate the examiner's rejections in view of a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007