The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRUNO GIROUARD and BERTHOLD FECTEAU __________ Appeal No. 2004-0921 Application 09/472,134 ___________ HEARD: June 10, 2004 ___________ Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Bruno Girouard et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 26) of claims 1 through 49, 55, 57 through 61, 64 through 68, 73 and 77 through 92. As the appellants have since canceled claims 61, 89 and 91 and amended claims 60 and 92, the appeal now involves claims 1 through 49, 55, 57 through 60, 64 through 68, 73, 77 through 88, 90 and 92, all of the claims currently pending in the application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007