The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BEN BRUNER, JAMES F. HESLEP, HANS-JOSEF BEHRENS, KONRAD SCHMITZ, and KARLHEINZ WOLF __________ Appeal No. 2000-0698 Application No. 08/960,694 ___________ HEARD: Nov. 7, 2002 ___________ Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 9 and 10, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to an elastane multifilament yarn with two to six individual filaments which,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007