The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ERIC BENAZZI, NATHALIE GEORGE-MARCHAL, CHRISTOPHE GUERET, PATRICK BRIOT, ALAIN BILLION, and PIERRE MARION __________ Appeal No. 2001-0771 Application No. 09/103,528 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before CAROFF, TIMM, and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-17. Claims 18-30, all the other claims in appellants’ application, stand withdrawn from consideration,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007