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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KARL-HEINZ DOPKE, GARLICHS SIEMEN and HORST RATHERT ____________ Appeal No. 96-0425 Application No. 08/108,9861 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 6 and 11. Claims 8 through 10, 13, 14 and 16 through 23 have been allowed. Claims 7, 12 and 15 have been canceled. 1Application for patent filed August 18, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007