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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KARL S. BOOS, ANDREAS WALFORT FRIEDHELM EISENBEISS and DIETER LUBDA _____________ Appeal No. 96-3141 Application No. 08/415,7661 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ 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 Claims 6 through 16, the only other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non- elected invention. 1Application for patent filed April 3, 1995.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. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007