Ex parte HENSELER et al. - Page 1




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                         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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                Ex parte WOLFGANG HENSELER,                                                                   
                                                 MANFRED MULLER, EGON KATZ,                                                                   
                                            GUIDO WETZEL AND LUIGI BRAMBILLA                                                                  
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-2124                                                                    
                                                  Application 08/076,7891                                                                     
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                                                  HEARD: MARCH 3, 1998                                                                        
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                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.                                                                         
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