The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte VINCENT WILMET, FRANCINE JANSSENS, and JEAN-PAUL SCHOEBRECHTS __________ Appeal No. 2002-1618 Application No. 09/051,746 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before WINTERS, MILLS and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges, MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 43-64 which are the claims on appeal in this application. 1 This appeal was originally scheduled for oral hearing on January 9, 2003, but the hearing was vacated by the Board, in their discretion, finding a hearing unnecessary. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007