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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MANFRED NIESSNER, NORBERT GRUND, WILFRIED HEIDE DEX and HEINRICH HARTMANN _____________ Appeal No. 95-0757 Application 07/795,3071 ______________ HEARD: December 10, 1997 _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 3, 5, 6, and 8 through 10. Claims 8 and 9 are representative and are reproduced below: 8. A process for the preparation of a finely divided 1 Application for patent filed November 21, 1991. According to applicants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/564,132, filed August 8, 1990. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007