The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PETER OHMAN and ROLF LASSON _____________ Appeal No. 2001-1884 Application No. 08/718,692 ______________ HEARD: MAY 20, 2003 _______________ Before PAK, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 39 through 41, 49 through 60, 66 through 71 and 73 through 75. Claims 42 through 47 and 61 through 65, the remaining claims in the above-identified application, have been indicated to be allowable “if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.” See the final Office action dated May 30, 2000 (Paper No. 32), page 5.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007