The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEAN-NOEL DENIS, ANDREW-ELLIOT GREENE and ALICE KANAZAWA __________ Appeal No. 2001-0694 Application No. 08/908,807 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMTIH, 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 17-21. Claim 17 is representative of the claims on appeal, and a copy of that claim may be found appended to this decision.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007