Paper No. 18 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte HARRO TRAUBEL, HANS-WERNER MULLER AND FRITZ NOVOTNY ______________ Appeal No. 96-0767 Application 08/136,4391 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before RONALD H. SMITH, DOWNEY and HANLON, Administrative Patent Judges. RONALD H. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims Application for patent filed October 13, 1993. According to1 applicants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/865,429, filed April 9, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007