Ex parte BOOS 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            publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                     
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                               Ex parte KARL S. BOOS, ANDREAS WALFORT                                         
                               FRIEDHELM EISENBEISS and DIETER LUBDA                                          
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                                             Appeal No. 96-3141                                               
                                         Application No. 08/415,7661                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and ROBINSON,  Administrative Patent Judges.                     
            WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                             

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1 through 5            
            and 17 through 21.  Claims 6 through 16, the only other claims remaining in the application,      
            stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-            
            elected invention.                                                                                

                   1Application for patent filed April 3, 1995.  According to appellants, the application is a
            continuation of Application 08/111,963, filed August 26, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation of
            Application 07/943,793, filed September 11, 1992, now abandoned.                                  
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