The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FREDERIC CHONIER, FREDERIC QUILLARD, JEAN-LOUIS CHEVALIER and MICHEL THEVENET ____________ Appeal No. 04-0686 Application No. 09/015,234 ____________ HEARD: May 4, 2004 ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-7. Claims 3 and 8 have been withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non- elected invention. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007