Paper No. 19 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KLAUS SCHMIDT ______________ Appeal No. 97-0894 Application 08/069,931 1 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges . THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge . DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 7 and 10, after having canceled claim 2. The examiner has objected to claims 5, 6, 8 and 9, but page 2 of the final rejection indicates that they would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Application for patent filed May 28, 1993.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007