The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BENGT Y. PERSSON, BJORN GUDMUNDSON and PAUL W. DENT __________ Appeal No. 2000-1557 Application 08/384,456 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-52, which constituted all the claims in the application. The brief on appeal withdrew the appeal with respect to claims 23-48 and these claims were cancelled. In response to the filing of the appeal 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007