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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HANS SPIES and HORST DAXER __________ Appeal No. 96-3158 Application 08/065,8571 ___________ HEARD: June 8, 1999 ___________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 13. Subsequent to the Notice of Appeal (Paper No. 17), an amendment (Paper No. 21, filed 1 Application for patent filed May 21, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/747,126, filed August 19, 1991, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007