The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JEAN-PIERRE DATH, LUC DELORME, JACQUES-FRANCOIS GROOTJANS, XAVIER VANHAEREN and WALTER VERMEIREN ___________ Appeal No. 2002-1010 Application No. 09/206,210 __________ HEARD: March 20, 2003 __________ Before WARREN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s refusal to allow claims 9, 11, 13, 14 and 18 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.1 Claims 1 through 8 are the only other claims pending in this application and stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as directed to a non- 1An amendment dated July 5, 2001, Paper No. 16, subsequent to the final rejection, was entered by the examiner as noted in the Advisory Action dated July 25, 2001, Paper No. 17.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007