Paper No. 22 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WOLFGANG HENSELER, MANFRED MULLER, EGON KATZ, GUIDO WETZEL AND LUIGI BRAMBILLA ______________ Appeal No. 95-2124 Application 08/076,7891 _______________ HEARD: MARCH 3, 1998 _______________ Before COHEN, PATE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 3 and 5, the only remaining claims in the application. The claimed invention is directed to an automotive airbag which is encased in a central region by a synthetic film casing. The casing is composed of a tough, plastically deformably 1Application for patent filed June 15, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007