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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HEINZ-GERD SMOLKA, KLAUS LEHMANN, HANS HAWEL, DIETER SCHRAML AND KLAUS HORNFECK __________ Appeal No. 96-3172 Application 08/328,3351 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, CAROFF and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. SOFOCLEOUS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9 to 12 and 14, all the claims remaining in the application. 1Application for patent filed October 24, 1994. According to applicants, this application is a continuation of Application 08/142,646, filed October 25, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application 07/848,993, filed April 20, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007