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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ALFRED BEIER, DIETRICH DISTLER, HELMUT WITTKE, CHRISTIAN NESSELRATH ________________ Appeal No. 97-2605 Application 08/272,7821 ________________ HEARD: JUNE 9, 1998 ________________ Before STAAB, McQUADE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 5, 8 and 9. Claim 10, which has been indicated as reciting allowable subject matter, presumably stands objected to as depending from a rejected base claim. Claims 6 and 7, the only other claims 1Application for patent filed July 8, 1994. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007