The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DANIEL PRUDHON ____________ Appeal No. 2000-2146 Application No. 09/197,5131 ____________ HEARD: August 14, 2002 ____________ Before KRASS, LALL and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b). 1 Application for patent filed November 23, 1998, which is a continuation of Application No. 08/713,700, filed September 13, 1996, now U.S. Patent No. 5,952,615, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of French Application No. 95 10844, filed September 15, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007