The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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-PHILIPPE FRICKER, MAURICE ALOU and BERNARD KASSER __________ Appeal No. 2002-2334 Application 09/097,235 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 12-30 and 34. Claim 1-6 have been allowed and claims 7-11 have been canceled. Claims 31-33 are indicated by the Examiner to contain allowable subject matter but are objected to as being dependent on a rejected claim. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007