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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 44
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HELMUT LAUFER,
WOLFGANG FEHLMANN,
JOHANNES PFLUG,
HANS-PETER BAUER,
WOLFGANG BRAUN,
EWALD EBLEN,
PETER NORDHAUS,
and
PETER ZWEIGLE
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Appeal No. 2002-0035
Application No. 08/861,918
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants originally took this appeal from the final
rejection (Paper No. 23) of claims 28-30, 32-40 and 42-46, all
the claims then pending in the application. Subsequently, the
examiner reopened prosecution (see Paper No. 39) for the purpose
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