The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND IN'TERFERENCES MAILED Ex parte JITKA FORSTOVA, BEVERLY E. GRIFFIN, and NINA S. KRAUZEWICZ JUL,22 2002 PAT. & T.M. OFFICE ~ARDOFINTERFEP''PATENT APP' Appeal NO. 1998-0667 Application No. 081280,306 HEARD: April 11,2002 Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judqes. WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judqe. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision in an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 9, 13, 18 through 22, 25, 26, and 28 through 32. Subsequent to the final rejection, the examiner determined that claim 26 is free of rejection and has only objected to that claim. In addition, claim 27 is pending and is also objected to by the examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007