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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FRIEDER KLOSTER ____________ Appeal No. 96-0122 Application No. 08/096,5811 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, TORCZON and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 7. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 12), claims 1 and 3 through 7 were amended. After entry of the amendment, the examiner allowed claims 6 and 7, and objected to claims 3 and 4 as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but explained that these claims would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any 1Application for patent filed July 21, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007