The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CORNELIS M. HUIZER, LUCAS M.W.M. KAREL, FRANK BOSVELD and PIETER JAN DE VISSER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1162 Application No. 08/683,9941 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before LEVY, BLANKENSHIP and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-13, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed July 19, 1996, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the European Application No. EPO 95202019.6, filed July 21, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007