Ex parte JOCHUM et al. - Page 1




                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        

                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was                                                            
                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                   
                          binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                Paper No. 41                            

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                    Ex parte PETER JOCHUM, RAINER GUGGENBERGER,                                                                         
                                              GUNTHER LECHNER and KLAUS ELLRICH                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 95-1999                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/047,3811                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                      HEARD:  February 8, 1999                                                                          
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and LIEBERMAN,                                                                                       
                 Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                          
                 LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 39 through 44, as amended after the final                                                                          

                          1Application for patent filed April 16, 1993.  According                                                                      
                 to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                                   
                 Application No. 07/452,407 filed December 19, 1989, now                                                                                
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             





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