Ex parte STEINMANN 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 15                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                      Ex parte BETTINA STEINMANN, ADRIAN SCHULTHESS and MAX HUNZIKER                                                                    
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                           Appeal No. 1996-3320                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/342,9551                                                                       
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                 Before, KIMLIN, WARREN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 8-12 and 14-18, which are all of the                                                                               
                 claims pending in this application.                                                                                                    



                          1Application for patent filed November 21, 1994.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application 08/006,444, filed January 21, 1993, now abandoned.                                                                         






Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007