Paper No. 46 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HEINZ K. MACHO AND KLAUS D. HUNGENBERG ______________ Appeal No. 96-1879 Application 08/006,1941 _______________ HEARD: AUGUST 5, 1997 _______________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and LYDDANE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. LYDDANE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 20 through 26 and 28 through 43, which are all of the claims pending in the application. Application for patent filed January 19, 1993. According to1 applicants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/205,319, filed June 10, 1988, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007