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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte REINER WITKOWSKI, OTTO GANSTER, HEINRICH KONIGSHOFEN and RALPH OSTAREK __________ Appeal No. 96-1142 Application 07/939,1801 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, OWENS and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 7-11, which are all of the claims remaining in the 1Application for patent filed September 2, 1992. According to the appellants, the application is a division of Application 07/641,980, January 16, 1991, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007