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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte REINHOLD MEIER
and KARL KERGER-KNILLING
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Appeal No. 1996-1897
Application 08/064,1451
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HEARD: December 7, 1999
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Before WARREN, WALTZ and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting
claims 12 through 14 and 16 through 29, which are all of the claims in the application. Claim 12 is
illustrative of the claims on appeal:
12. A form-fitting cast-on enclosure arrangement having parallel chucking surfaces for fixing an
irregularly contoured metal workpiece for processing, comprising a plastic material enclosure having
1Application for patent filed May 17, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a national stage
application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT/EP92/01796, filed August 7, 1992.
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