Ex parte KEUPER et al. - Page 1





                          THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                 
          The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication
          in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.              
                                                                   Paper No. 21        
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                  __________________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  __________________                                   
                     Ex parte GERHARD KEUPER, KARL-HEINZ SENGER,                       
                                  and ROLAND STOLLER                                   
                                  __________________                                   
                                  Appeal No. 96-4122                                   
                               Application 08/077,4191                                 
                                   ________________                                    
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                   ________________                                    
          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and LEE, Administrative Patent                      
          Judges.                                                                      
          LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                            
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                 
          the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-6 and 11.  No claim has                 
          been allowed.                                                                
                         References relied on by the Examiner                          
          Kawagoe et al. (Kawagoe)            4,827,416           May  02,             
          1989 Rapiejko et al. (Rapiejko)     5,001,647           Mar. 19,             
          1991 Shiraishi et al. (Shiraishi)        5,001,636           Mar.            
          19, 1991                                                                     

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                    Application for patent filed June 15, 1993.                        





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