The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FRANCESCO MASI, LIA BARAZZONI, SERGIO MASINI, CESARE FERRERO and ANGELO MOALLI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2451 Application No. 08/317,826 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, WARREN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-10, 13-16, 26-35, and 48-53.1 Claims 1-17, 26-35, and 48-53 are pending in this application. Claims 18-25 and 36-47 have been canceled. Claims 3, 11, and 12 have been allowed. Claim 17 has being withdrawn from consideration. 1 We note that the examiner indicates that minor errors exist in appellants’ copy of the claims. (answer, page 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007