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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HERBERT EICHENAUER, KARL-HEINZ OTT, DIETER WITTMANN and ALFRED PISCHTSCHAN ____________ Appeal No. 96-1795 Application No. 08/262,7451 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, WALTZ, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 16, which are the only claims in this application. 1Application for patent filed June 20, 1994. According to appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of 08/052,591, filed April 26, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007