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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HERBERT SCHONMEIER, PETER HOFFMANN, HARTMUT DROPCZYNSKI and REINHARD SCHONEN ________________ Appeal No. 96-1678 Application 08/322,7311 ________________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 4, 1998 ________________ 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 Claims 20, 22-25 and 27-32, the only other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from 1Application for patent filed October 13, 1994.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. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007