The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ODD STEIJER, CHRISTER MOLL, BENGT LINDSTROM, CHRISTIAN VIEIDER, PAUL ERIKSEN, JAN-AKE ENGSTRAND, OLLE LARSSON and HAKAN ELDERSTIG ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0887 Application No. 08/848,238 ____________ HEARD: December 12, 2001 ____________ Before BARRETT, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, 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 1-17 and 20-31 .1 Claims 18 and 19 have been indicated to be allowable if written in independent form. 1The rejection of claims 2 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, has been withdrawn by the examiner in view of the amendment (Paper No. 15, filed May 6, 1999) filed subsequent to the final rejection (answer, page 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007