Ex parte EICHENAUER et al. - Page 1




                                            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                                journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                                                        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.                                                                                                                                 





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