The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KERSTIN JOHANSSON, ROY HANSSON, and ANN SAMUELSSON ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2422 Application No. 08/817,573 ____________ HEARD: January 10, 2002 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 9, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claim 10 has been canceled.1 1Claims 2 and 9 were amended in Paper No. 24, filed July 26, 2000, subsequent to the final rejection. While the examiner has indicated that this amendment has been approved for entry, we note that the amendment has not as of yet been clerically entered. This oversight should be corrected during any further prosecution of the application before the examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007