Paper No. 21 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HANS VONDRACEK and HEINZ KROBER ______________ Appeal No. 96-4172 Application 08/098,5941 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 16, 17, 19 through 22 and 28 through 30. These are the only claims remaining in the application.2 1Application for patent filed July 28, 1993. 2As far as can be determined by the Board, a response to the final rejection was received August 30, 1995, from appellants. The response was responded to by the examiner (continued...) 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007