Ex parte SCHONMEIER et al. - Page 1




                                  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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                 Ex parte HERBERT SCHONMEIER, PETER HOFFMANN,                                                                 
                                     HARTMUT DROPCZYNSKI and REINHARD SCHONEN                                                                 
                                                         ________________                                                                     
                                                        Appeal No. 96-1678                                                                    
                                                   Application 08/322,7311                                                                    
                                                         ________________                                                                     
                                                   HEARD: FEBRUARY 4, 1998                                                                    
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                Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN and                                                              
                STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                          
                STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of                                                          
                claims 19, 21 and 26.  Claims 20, 22-25 and 27-32, the only other                                                             
                claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from                                                                     


                         1Application for patent filed October 13, 1994.  According                                                           
                to appellants the application is a continuation of Application                                                                
                07/849,022, filed April 21, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                              
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