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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PETER J. FERNHOLZ, SANDRA WITT, HANS-PETER KOEHLER, WOLFGANG PREIBSCH, HORST PRUEHS and KARL-HEINZ ROGMANN _____________ Appeal No. 96-2059 Application 08/182,8691 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before SOFOCLEOUS, KIMLIN, and JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-21. Subsequent to final rejection, claim 4 1 Application for patent filed January 14, 1994. According to applicants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/057,728, filed May 5, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007