The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ANTONIN HOLY, HANA DVORAKOVA, ERIK D. A. DE CLERCQ, JAN M. R. BALZARINI __________ Appeal No. 2000-1024 Application No. 08/379,551 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, GRIMES, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. GREEN, 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, 4, 6, 8, 12-19, 45-48, 55, 63, 65, 70, 72, 73, 75, 85, 91, 93 and 94.1 Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal, and reads as follows: 1 According to the Examiner’s Answer, claims 49-54, 56-62, 64 and 79 are free of the prior art, with Claim 79 being objected to, and thus these claims are not subject to the instant appeal. See Examiner’s Answer, page 2.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007